The Museum of Retired Checkout Dividers
Pine Bluffs Junction, Michigan · Museum · est.
Forty-seven plastic and aluminum checkout lane dividers, each labeled for a supermarket, pharmacy, or farm supply store that no longer uses that exact divider format, are displayed in a former insurance office on the service road outside Pine Bluffs Junction. The room appears to be maintained by the Mid-Michigan Retail Fixtures Preservation Circle, whose name is applied on vinyl lettering to the front window in a way that suggests either a grant or a determined nephew. The hook is a handwritten note beneath Divider No. 12, from a defunct IGA in Veston Creek, stating that it was "the last local example with cigarette-price channel intact." Several reports mention that the museum is open only during the town's Saturday indoor market and that the proprietor will unlock a back case if asked about the disputed origin of a divider marked EXPRESS 8 ITEMS, later amended by tape to 10.
Field File · Pending Full Documentation
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