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  1. Congress Keychain, c. 1970-1975 - Chain, Key

    Congress Keychain, c. 1970-1975. Circular keychain (A) with a dark bronze metal US Congress seal in the center and a gold border surrounding it. The border is textured in a diamond pattern. The text and eagle on the seal are raised, in relief, and the seal is set into the border, but still extends slightly above it. The back is gold and lightly textured in a square pattern. Six gold chain links attach the keychain to a very secure circular gold c...

    Record Type: Object

    Congress Keychain
  2. Congress Paperweight, c. 1970-1975 - Paperweight

    Congress Paperweight, c. 1970-1975. Circular paperweight with a dark bronze metal US Congress seal in the center and a gold border surrounding it. The border is gently ridged and resembles a sunburst when light reflects off of it. The text and eagle on the seal are raised, in relief, and the seal is set into the paperweight so the border is raised around it. It is set somewhat unevenly, so the top right part of the seal is deeper below the border...

    Record Type: Object

    Congress Paperweight
  3. Photo album of Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, 1999-2006 - Album, Photograph

    Photo album of Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, 1999-2006. These photos were complied and related to Julie Barrow's time as a volunteer at Fitzgerald Marine Reserve in Moss Beach, San Mateo County. A small maroon album with gold lines in three places on the front bottom and top right, and towards the front left. On the spine, there are five sets of two small gold lines with a gold botanical insignia in two places: at the top and after the second set of...

    Record Type: Photo

  4. Raychem Green Duraseal Wire Splices, c. 1957-1999 - Coupling

    Raychem Green Duraseal Wire Splices, c. 1957-1999. Five translucent green wire splices. The Duraseal nylon tube pinches in the middle around a copper alloy tube. Through the nylon tube, a small notch can be seen in the copper alloy tube.

    Record Type: Object

    Raychem Duraseal Wire Splices
  5. Raychem Seals CATV Systems, also known as "Raychem Exhibit Show" - U-matic

    Raychem Seals CATV Systems, c. 1970s. Copy of a black and white video on a Sony D-100 3/4" U-matic videotape with NTSC encoding and a runtime of 18 minutes 37 seconds. The video shows a Raychem Corporation trade show presentation for heat-shrink telecom seals featuring Ray the Raychem Seal. Ray the Raychem seal is a puppet performed by Dave Goelz who interacts with a woman named Sandy who demonstrates heat-shrink drop seal hookup products in fron...

    Record Type: Archive

    Screenshot of digital video playing on VLC media player
  6. Ray the Raychem Seal Hand Puppet, c. 1974-1975 - Puppet, Hand

    Ray the Raychem Seal Hand Puppet, c. 1974-1975. Promotional Ray the Raychem Seal hand puppet made by the Puppet Factory for the Raychem Corporation. The puppet has brown faux fur, white and black felt eyes, orange pom-pom nose, and black yarn whiskers. The mouth is lined with pink felt, and two flippers hang at either side of the body. A label sewn inside the body reads, "THE PUPPET FACTORY / ALL NEW MATERIALS."

    Record Type: Object

    Ray the Raychem Seal Hand Puppet, c. 1974-1975
  7. SFV State College Patch, c. 1964-1968 - Patch, Fraternal

    SFV State College Patch, c. 1964-1968. Circular felt patch, with white text and designs on a red background. "San Fernando Valley State College" and the year 1958 are written in a circle near the edge of the patch, surrounded by a white wave/sunburst pattern and two white rings. Inside the words, the circle is divided into fourths. The upper right corner contains a white sun on a red background; the bottom right corner is solid white except for s...

    Record Type: Object

    SFV State College Patch
  8. The Raychem Seals - Video, Digital

    Digital reproduction of a 1974 motion picture titled "The Raychem Seals" used for promotion of Raychem Corporation heat-shrink sealing products. Exerpt from a digital DOCX file written by David Chapman titled "About Ray the Raychem Seal Video": "Raychem paid $25,000 for the production plus a fee to Dave Goelz. It was filmed at channel 7 studios in San Francisco. The video was made in 1974, before Dave Goelz was hired by Jim Henson to ...

    Record Type: Archive

    Still from MP4 "The Raychem Seals"

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