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Museum of Legal Ephemeron (M.O.L.E.)

The only online legal museum or law museum of its kind, the Museum of Legal Ephemeron or M.O.L.E. for short, is a popular site accessible by members of the online contact sharing software Facebook. The museum displays numerous examples of items directly related to either historically significant or popular culture jurisprudence. Each display includes a summary of the artifact and its relative importance to law and society. The physical items themselves, none of which are reproductions, are housed as part of the M.O.L.E. collection in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Although M.O.L.E. does not yet have a presence outside the world wide web, the museum is currently in talks with the University of Victoria, Faculty of Law about arranging for a permanent static display which would allow the public at large to view the collection in person, free of charge.

Some of the items the museum currently has available to display include:

Donoghue v. Stevenson ginger beer bottle (circa. 1910)
Federal government ID card of Bob "Big Boy" Brady (circa. 1933)
G-Men and Heroes of the Law trading cards (circa. 1936)
Questions notables du Droit chez Guillaume Louis Colomiez, MDCLXXXIV, first ed. (circa. 1684)
Johnny Cochrane autographed autobiography "A Lawyer's Life" (circa. 2002)
Mr. District Attorney comic books (circa. 1949)
Composite photo of only men to have escaped Alcatraz; Clarence Anglin, his brother John Anglin and Frank Lee Morris (circa. 1964)
Leaf from Pandectarum, sue Digestorum, Juris Civilis (circa. 1539)
O.J. Simpson "In Pursuit of Justice" trading card set (circa. 1994)
Cordell Hull autograph (circa. 1940s)
Lord Shawcross signed letter (circa. 1987)
Robert Shapiro autographed picture (circa. 2000)
Lt. Col. Oliver North autograph (circa. 1990s)
Third Reich German-Austria court charging document (circa. 1940)
Canadian law revenue stamps (circa. 1869)
Sing Sing prisoners booklet by Warden Lewis E. Lawes (circa. 1933)
Carbolic Smoke Ball advertisement (circa. 1897)
Inns of Court Regiment cap badge (circa. 1932)
Allan Dershowitz autographed picture (circa. 1990s)
Leaf from "Commentaries on the Laws of Rome" by Bartolus of Saxoferratos (circa. 1538)
Musket balls from the English Civil War (circa. 1640s)
Marcia Clark autograph (circa. 1990s)
John Forsyth signed letter (circa. 1830s)
Royal proclamation by King George II of Great Britain (circa. 1747)
Lord Denning autographed picture (circa. 1980s)
Thirteen Colonies court summons, Norwich, CT (circa. 1746)

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