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Unhinged. In Gothenburg, Sweden, during an exhibition of gadgets called "Stop the Thief," someone made off with five thiefproof locks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 22, 1960 | 2/22/1960 | See Source »

...Library of Congress, were put this week in their permanent home in the National Archives Exhibition Hall. Their home is a big glass showcase which, at the touch of a button, sinks slowly through the floor into a huge vault in the cellar. The 50-ton safe, a bombproof, thiefproof, fireproof stronghold with 15-in. thick walls and 5-ton armored doors will keep the historic documents as safe as the gold in Fort Knox. By day, the documents will be on exhibition; at night, they will repose in the $30,000 vault built by the Mosler Safe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Protection, Inc. | 12/22/1952 | See Source »

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