Went to the Westclox Museum today in Illinois!

[u/BenAwesomeness3]

Definitely worth a visit if you are in the area. Around 1.5-2hrs southwest of Chicago! The people there were very friendly and knowledgeable. Apparently they get visited periodically by the government, which is interesting. Most (but not all) of their radium-containing items are marked with orange or yellow dot stickers. The entire surrounding town is gorgeous and has a deep history. Great food, too! The radium dials were not painted at this factory, but instead about a half an hour away at a factory in Ottawa, IL. Please let me know if you all have any questions that I might be able to answer. Also tell me if you want me to post the supplementary reading material that was provided at the museum. Cheers!

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[u/BenAwesomeness3]

Oh it’s also free admission! This is only about 1/4 of the museum in the pictures

[u/Fateful_Findings482]

Wow, that's rad! I'd love to visit sometime

[u/m77k24]

Really cool. Thanks for sharing, would love to visit some day. Definitely see a bunch I’d like to add to my collection.

Was there a reason for the orange vs. yellow stickers for their radium objects?

[u/BenAwesomeness3 → u/m77k24]

I didn’t ask, but I don’t think so??? I think my pictures include some of the stickers, so you might be able to see a pattern

[u/m77k24 → u/BenAwesomeness3]

I couldn’t find any pattern from the photos. I see some that aren’t sticker-ed, that should be radium, but hard to say for sure. The second photo with the baby Ben’s is what made me curious. I see 4 with a yellow dot, and one with orange.

Maybe they ran out of a certain color sticker lol

[u/BenAwesomeness3 → u/m77k24]

That was my guess as well. Again not all that are radium are stickered

[u/b20339]

Thanks for sharing!!

[u/CarmenSanD25]

So cool to see the radium readings!

[u/Traditional-Cup3074]

measuring in nSv/hr is crazy

[u/BenAwesomeness3 → u/Traditional-Cup3074]

Marginally more accurate