Latchkey Recordings
Latchkey or Latch-key may refer to: *A key used to open a latch *Latchkey kid, a child who returns from school to an empty home because their parents are away at work *'' The Latchkey'', a 1910 film by the Thanhouser Company *Operation Latchkey, a series of 38 nuclear test explosions conducted in 1966 and 1967 at the Nevada Test Site *''The Latch-Key Child ''The Latch-Key Child'' is the debut studio album by American rapper A+. It was released on August 27, 1996 through Kedar Entertainment/ Universal Records. Recording sessions took place at Battery Studios in New York. Production was handled by S ...

Latch (hardware)
A latch or catch (called sneck in Northern England and Scotland) is a type of mechanical fastener that joins two (or more) objects or surfaces while allowing for their regular separation. A latch typically engages another piece of hardware on the other mounting surface. Depending upon the type and design of the latch, this engaged bit of hardware may be known as a ''keeper'' or ''strike''. A latch is not the same as the locking mechanism of a door or window, although often they are found together in the same product. Latches range in complexity from flexible one-piece flat springs of metal or plastic, such as are used to keep blow molded plastic power tool cases closed, to multi-point cammed latches used to keep large doors closed. Common types Deadbolt latch A single-throw bolt. The bolt can be engaged in its strike plate only after the door is closed. The locking mechanism typically prevents the bolt from being retracted by force. Spring latches * Latch bolt An extrem ...
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Latchkey Kid
A latchkey kid, or latchkey child, is a child who returns to an empty home after school (or other activities) or a child who is often left at home with no supervision, supervision because their parents are away at work. Such a child can be any age, alone or with siblings who are also under the age of majority for their community. History of the term The term refers to the Latch (hardware), latchkey of a door to a house or apartment. The key is often strung around the child's neck or left hidden under a mat (or some other object) at the rear door to the property. The term seems to first appear in a CBC radio program called "Discussion Club – Topic: How War Affects Canadian Children" in 1942, due to the phenomenon of children being left home alone during World War II, when the father would be enlisted into the armed forces and the mother would need to get a job. Given that the "Discussion Club" participants are all familiar with the term and allude to it being in colloquial usage, ...
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The Latchkey
''The Latchkey'' is a 1910 American silent short comedy produced by the Thanhouser Company. The premise of the plot focuses on two businessmen who are friends Will (or Bill in some publications) and John. Will gives John the key to his apartment so he had stay there while Will goes on vacation. The landlady of the house leases the apartment to two ladies. John decides to go to Will's apartment and lets himself in with the key and finds the two girls asleep. They awake and take him for a burglar and threaten to kill him and John pleads for mercy instead of addressing the misunderstanding. John is later revealed to be her employer after he is caught opening a safe in the office the next morning. The film was released on August 26, 1910 and was met with positive reviews by the trade publications. The film is presumed lost. Plot Though the film is presumed lost, a synopsis survives in '' The Bioscope'' from November 10, 1910. It states: "Will and John are prosperous young busin ...
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Operation Latchkey
Operation Latchkey was a series of 38 nuclear tests conducted by the United States in 1966–1967 at the Nevada Test Site. These tests followed the '' Operation Flintlock (nuclear test)'' series and preceded the '' Operation Crosstie'' series. Nuclear tests Persimmon Persimmon included a vertical line-of-sight pipe fitted with a fast-acting closure. At the time of detonation, this vacuum pipe provided a pathway for neutrons from the nuclear device to travel to instruments in a tower located above the shot hole. A few seconds after detonation, these instruments and their samples were dragged out of the tower on a sled, before the subsidence crater formed and destroyed the tower. List of the nuclear tests References {{US Nuclear Tests Explosions in 1966 Explosions in 1967 1966 in military history 1967 in military history Latchkey 1966 in the United States 1967 in the United States ...
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