Thursday, November 27, 2008
It Was The Best of Times
Labels:
alcohol,
beer,
History,
Lists
Posted by Richard at 11/27/2008 08:03:00 AM 0 comments
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Recorded History
Labels:
History,
Smithsonian
Posted by Richard at 11/01/2008 08:12:00 AM 0 comments
Friday, October 31, 2008
Home Is Where You Hang Your Hat
Labels:
conspiracy,
History,
strange
Posted by Richard at 10/31/2008 08:18:00 AM 0 comments
Thursday, October 23, 2008
After My Own Heart
BibliOdyssey - Books~~Illustrations~~Science~~History~~Visual Materia Obscura~~Eclectic Bookart.
Labels:
Blogs,
Books,
ephemera,
History,
science
Posted by Richard at 10/23/2008 08:06:00 AM 0 comments
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Sweet Sound Of The Hurdy-Gurdy
Labels:
History,
Lisa,
Music,
Renaissance
Posted by Richard at 9/16/2008 08:08:00 AM 0 comments
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Got A Pack?
Cigarette Cards - Nearly 600 series (totaling thousands of individual cards) from before 1900 to the mid-20th century.
Labels:
Collections,
ephemera,
History
Posted by Richard at 9/14/2008 08:33:00 AM 0 comments
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Your Number Is Up
Old Calculator Web Museum - Devoted to preserving, documenting, and sharing the technology of desktop automatic calculating machines
Labels:
History,
Mathematics,
Tech
Posted by Richard at 6/18/2008 08:24:00 AM 0 comments
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Are You Feeling Down?
Labels:
advertising,
Drugs,
History,
Lisa
Posted by Richard at 6/03/2008 08:04:00 AM 0 comments
Friday, May 30, 2008
Speaker For The Dead
Museum of Talking Boards (Ouija)
Labels:
Collections,
History,
occult,
Pop Culture
Posted by Richard at 5/30/2008 08:06:00 AM 0 comments
Thursday, May 29, 2008
You've Got Mail
Lydia's AOL Disks - A substantial collection started in 2000 with over 2,500 unique diskettes and CDs, from Version 1.0 to 9.
Labels:
AOL,
Collections,
History,
Internet,
Pop Culture
Posted by Richard at 5/29/2008 08:17:00 AM 0 comments
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
You Can't Escape
Labels:
Collections,
crime,
History
Posted by Richard at 5/27/2008 08:02:00 AM 0 comments
Monday, May 12, 2008
Eye For An Eye
The complete text of Hammurabi's Code of Laws.
Labels:
History,
law,
pedantic pundit,
reference
Posted by Richard at 5/12/2008 08:07:00 AM 0 comments
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Too Much Time On My Hands
Labels:
fictional,
History,
Pop Culture,
reference,
timeline
Posted by Richard at 5/08/2008 08:06:00 AM 0 comments
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
That's So Retro
retro and vintage design - Ads, illustrations, book covers, pins and posters from 1920-1980s.
Labels:
advertising,
Collections,
History,
Lists,
Pop Culture
Posted by Richard at 5/06/2008 08:14:00 AM 0 comments
Thursday, May 01, 2008
To The Stocks
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913 - A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court.
Labels:
court,
crime,
England,
History,
London,
pedantic pundit,
reference
Posted by Richard at 5/01/2008 08:25:00 AM 0 comments
Sunday, April 06, 2008
Get All Medieval On You
Mostly Medieval - Exploring Middle Ages History online.
Labels:
History,
Information,
pedantic pundit,
reference
Posted by Richard at 4/06/2008 08:01:00 AM 0 comments
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Oh, That Old Thing
The Obsolete Technology Website offers descriptions and photos of PCs dating back to 1975.
Posted by Richard at 2/06/2008 08:09:00 AM 0 comments
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Help Me Mr. Peabody
Here are 10 Creepy Old Ads to make you think twice before hopping into that time machine.
Labels:
advertising,
History,
Lisa
Posted by Richard at 1/20/2008 08:47:00 AM 0 comments
Sunday, October 28, 2007
First In Line
How to Identify Modern First Edition Books
Labels:
Books,
History,
how to
Posted by Richard at 10/28/2007 08:01:00 AM 0 comments