Thanks for getting back to me Linn.  I wonder why they showed green?
(Having never seen one working myself).  I am hoping, for the museum's
sake, that I will find one in this hemisphere, but I have had a number
of emails back from the U.S., and keep saying to myself, mmm, perhaps
there's an overseas trip in this!!
Adrienne Leith

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> Subject:      Re: shoe shop x-ray machines - Australia
>
> Adrienne,
> not it Australia, but...
> the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum
> (for your visit address) 2401 Fourth Ave.
>                          Canyon, Texas  79015
> (for your mail inquiry)  WTAMU
>                          Box 967
>                          Canyon, TX  79016
> (for your ph. call)      806-656-2244
> (for your fax)           806-656-2250
> They had the machine on display as part of an "interesting things from
> the collection" exhibit.  I hadn't seen one since i was a kid and had
> marveled at how it showed green bones in my feet - it was
> disappointing
> to be told that it just made the bones "look" green.  with any luck,
> you
> won't find one in Australia and "have to do" a cross-country visit
> here
> in the States.
> Linn
>
>
>
>
> Leith, Adrienne wrote:
> >
> > To Australian museum-lers
> > I am searching for a shoe shop x-ray machine, which would have been
> used
> > in shoe shops in Australia (preferably) to assist people in chosing
> > shoes to fit.  I am told there is one in the Powerhouse, which I
> will
> > follow up.  Anyone know of another machine in a collection anywhere
> -
> > private or public?
> > Many thanks
> > Adrienne Leith
>