Word: dustproof
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week the hard part of the work was under way. Museum cabinetmakers were making sure the beaver case would be dustproof and crackproof. The accessories man was up to his ears in drifts of paper leaves. The taxidermist was trying to decide on an oil to make one of the beavers stay wet-looking (he thought an overdose of Kreml might be the best bet). The electricians were working for a muted, dusky lighting effect. Wilson himself had three months painting ahead on the beaver background...
Minneapolis-Moline in meeting this growing competition has produced a "Comfortractor." Its driver sits on upholstery in a cab heated, fitted with radio, dustproof, cooled by an electric fan-the answer to a clod-buster's prayer for release from boredom, sweat and cornfield dirt...
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