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| has gloss | eng: Micromodels are a type of card model or paper model that was popular during the 1940s and 1950s in the United Kingdom. In 1941, Geoffrey Heighway invented and marketed a new concept in card models. He took the available concept of card models and miniaturized them so that an entire train or building could be wrapped in a packet of post cards. These packets usually sold for about a shilling, or pocket change. |
| lexicalization | eng: Micromodel |
| instance of | c/Paper products |
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| French | |
| has gloss | fra: Micromodels est le nom générique d'une série de modèles en carton miniatures qui furent publiés au Royaume-Uni de 1940 à 1956. |
| lexicalization | fra: Micromodels |
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