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If you liked the Arabia, check out the steamboat Bertrand exhibit at Blair,
Nebraska, north of Omaha. The Bertrand hit a snag on the Missouri River in
the 1860s, and sank in shallow water. The cargo was salvaged and is all on
exhibit. The visitor center is located just a few hundred yards from the
site of the sinking. It's well worth the trip.
>> In my experience, the debate over whether to keep original
>> packaging and dispose of contents has generally resulted in
>> [snip] the contents are stored separately from
>> the original packaging and safely isolated from the rest of the
>> collection.
This is what we do with our collection of pharmaceuticals (solids only)
Using surgical gloves, we carefully separate the pills from the bottles and
zip-loc bag them before storage. This allows the pills to be viewed w/o
direct handling, and keeps bottle closures from being damaged from repeated
opening. The bottles and their pills are stored together as a set and
cross-referenced.
HBC
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Henry B. Crawford Curator of History
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806/742-2442 Box 43191
FAX 742-1136 Lubbock, TX 79409-3191
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