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- Horizontal Air Traffic Controller Radar Display Plaque, circa 2001 - Federal oversight of air traffic control began in 1938, but radar technology -- greatly improved during World War II -- was not widely implemented until the late 1950s. Detroit Metro Airport received one of the first computer-integrated radar scopes capable of displaying an airplane's identification number and altitude directly on the screen. This plaque commemorates that unit, used from 1970 to 2001.
- circa 2001
- Collections - Artifact
Horizontal Air Traffic Controller Radar Display Plaque, circa 2001
Federal oversight of air traffic control began in 1938, but radar technology -- greatly improved during World War II -- was not widely implemented until the late 1950s. Detroit Metro Airport received one of the first computer-integrated radar scopes capable of displaying an airplane's identification number and altitude directly on the screen. This plaque commemorates that unit, used from 1970 to 2001.
- "Home Sweet Home / House & Windmill" Department 56 Collectible, 1988-1991 -
- December 1988 - December 1991
- Collections - Artifact
"Home Sweet Home / House & Windmill" Department 56 Collectible, 1988-1991
- "Fresh Frozen Fish" Department 56 Collectibles, 1990-1993 -
- December 1990 - December 1993
- Collections - Artifact
"Fresh Frozen Fish" Department 56 Collectibles, 1990-1993
- "Two Rivers Bridge" Department 56 Collectible, 1994-1997 -
- 1994-1997
- Collections - Artifact
"Two Rivers Bridge" Department 56 Collectible, 1994-1997
- Datacomm External Fax Modem, CTS Fabri-Tek, Inc., 1990-1997 - Modems transmit computer data over telephone lines. They MODulate computer data into sound, and DEModulate it back into translated digital data. Modems held an important role in the home computer revolution. People used them to access information-sharing Bulletin Board Systems, later supplanted by the Internet. Despite abundant wireless Internet availability, "dial-up" modems are popular where DSL and cable services are unavailable.
- 1990-1997
- Collections - Artifact
Datacomm External Fax Modem, CTS Fabri-Tek, Inc., 1990-1997
Modems transmit computer data over telephone lines. They MODulate computer data into sound, and DEModulate it back into translated digital data. Modems held an important role in the home computer revolution. People used them to access information-sharing Bulletin Board Systems, later supplanted by the Internet. Despite abundant wireless Internet availability, "dial-up" modems are popular where DSL and cable services are unavailable.
- "J. Young's Granary" Department 56 Collectible, 1989 -
- 1989
- Collections - Artifact
"J. Young's Granary" Department 56 Collectible, 1989