Obsolete items in material culture are tangible objects made redundant by new tech or shifting societal needs. Material culture studies help us to think about the objects, and the cultural, political, and economic systems that created them. Objects gain and lose meaning as cultures evolve, though many find new life through repurposing or collecting. We all know there once existed household essentials like washboards, and butter churns, communication devices such as rotary phones, personal tech like Kodak cameras, writing tools like quill pens, entertainment items such as vinyl records, and everyday objects like bed warmers. We will study objects you most probably did not know existed!