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'P' For Paperclip!
This is my entry for this week's Macro Mondays challenge, "The First Letter of My Surname"
We take these for granted, but they are much more than just pieces of stationary which have been widely in use for over 150 years.
They were, in fact, a symbol of unity as they bring things together, during the Second World War. So much so that the Nazi regime had banned people from wearing it on their body or to tie up their hair.
It was also the name of a then Top Secret operation by the U.S Government where the top scientists from the Reich were taken to America to work on the America's Space Program, including the likes of Wernher Von Braun, who needs no introduction!
Additionally, Paperclip also featured as an animated character, Clippy, on most Microsoft Software Products in the Help section - Who doesn't remember that in the old days?
All in all, a piece of flimsy steel which has bound some of the most important documents of Mankind together - That is no ordinary stationery!
The one in focus, belongs to my lovely wife :)
'P' For Paperclip!
This is my entry for this week's Macro Mondays challenge, "The First Letter of My Surname"
We take these for granted, but they are much more than just pieces of stationary which have been widely in use for over 150 years.
They were, in fact, a symbol of unity as they bring things together, during the Second World War. So much so that the Nazi regime had banned people from wearing it on their body or to tie up their hair.
It was also the name of a then Top Secret operation by the U.S Government where the top scientists from the Reich were taken to America to work on the America's Space Program, including the likes of Wernher Von Braun, who needs no introduction!
Additionally, Paperclip also featured as an animated character, Clippy, on most Microsoft Software Products in the Help section - Who doesn't remember that in the old days?
All in all, a piece of flimsy steel which has bound some of the most important documents of Mankind together - That is no ordinary stationery!
The one in focus, belongs to my lovely wife :)