This survey looks at the role aluminum has played in contemporary life from its first production in 1845 to the present. Each page looks at a particular period through two objects made during the same decade. It also pinpoints the two world wars, which were momentous events that had a dramatic effect on aluminum’s history as well as irrevocably changing society.  
   
   
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