Historic Preservation

I have been thinking a lot lately about history. Our store has been in business for 86 years.
That's a very long time. And for all of our 86 years we have kept track of our inventory using manilla cards. Just this year, we have started putting our inventory onto computer, and are letting go of those manilla cards.

In one way, it's a wonderful thing to be able to track our inventory better and to better serve our customers. In another, it's the loss of a valuable history. This card in front of me is for the Gershwin classic, Summertime. It shows our order record back to 1938. The country went through World War II, Vietnam, Watergate, presidents came and went, and we kept ordering Summertime. And this month, we will order it yet again.

I believe that history matters. It counts for something. It needs to be preserved somehow, even as we grow and change. I would like to set up a special place in our store where we acknowledge our past, and I would like your help creating it. What documents should we include? How should we display them?

Share your thoughts (or your mementos!) with us and together let's honor those 86 amazing years of history.

RB