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RE: monochrome monday — vintage vs antique
The dials glow in the dark because they painted radium paint on them. It is very sad, the poor ladies used to use their lips to get a fine point on the brushes.
This is the wiki on it. Quite interesting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls
Oh yes....I recall that story!!! Terrible!!!! Gee...I used to lick my pencil when I was a kid for some reason. I wonder how long lead takes to get out of my system?????
I don't think I have radium dials now that you've explained it. If I did, I'd throw them out or take them to bio disposal place. Yikes.