Archie's Recipes - When my grandparents passed away my family rediscovered an old family recipe book that my great grandfather wrote by hand in an old ledger. [via
mefi projects]
posted by item
on Jan 5, 2013 -
17 comments
Bob Ferry used Google Books to find old magazines that described mechanics, showed pictures and gave descriptions of a 1906 Oldsmobile Model B Runabout so he could build it 100 years later.
Lots of pics and "how to" info at the
article.
posted by dbooker
on May 26, 2011 -
10 comments
MAPCO's aim is to provide genealogists, students and historians with free access to high quality scans of rare and beautiful antique maps and views. The site displays a variety of highly collectable 18th and 19th century maps and plans of
London and the
British Isles...
[more inside]
posted by slimepuppy
on Sep 14, 2009 -
16 comments
Old dog photos, lost and found. I’ve always loved and accumulated old photographs, but one day about 10 years ago I looked around my house and suddenly found all those long-dead babies and brides and wearers of extraordinary hats rather depressing. . . But I noticed that the dogs — frequent subjects of those black and white images, on purpose and not — seemed somehow to remain alive.
posted by _sirmissalot_
on Sep 6, 2009 -
10 comments
Find an old bottle? I've found them at garage sales, buried in the garden, in basements and attics. I always thought it would be cool to know what they contained and how old they were. Now I can.
posted by Tablecrumbs
on Jun 17, 2007 -
14 comments
One day, a vintage motorcycle restorer gets an idea in his head to tackle a new project, restoring an old-timey
"board-tracker" bike. In and of itself, that's not such a big deal; over the past century, vehicle restoration has become equal parts
hobby,
business, and
spectator sport. The catch with this particular project, however, is that there are no existing examples of the bike he wants to rebuild, the last known extant part remaining is a corroded engine case, and there are only 5 known photographs - all of which happen to show just the right side of the bike.
This is the story (so far) of Paul Brodie's Excelsior OHC. [via]
posted by the painkiller
on Jan 26, 2007 -
14 comments
Oooh, I want
one. Or
all of them. Vintage high-tech, from the good folks at Worth1000. (Great idea, but I feel like even more could be done with this meme. Pointers?) [Via
BoingBoing.]
posted by digaman
on Feb 22, 2006 -
21 comments
Getting back into the groove : In the corner of a California university laboratory, two men are battling against time to perfect a machine that will read old recordings - using special microscopes to scan the grooves - and software that can convert those shapes into sound. Their work could bring history to life.
posted by starscream
on Jul 26, 2004 -
15 comments
Yin Yu Tang is a late Qing dynasty merchants' home that was transported from its original site in southeastern China and rebuilt at the Peabody Essex Museum It offers a glimpse into the daily life of the Huang family, residents for more than two centuries. The story of the dismantling, transport and reassembly is a fine example of an international preservation project.
(flash alert)
posted by madamjujujive
on Dec 10, 2003 -
4 comments
Health Physics Instrumentation Collection. A shoe-fitting fluoroscope,
Geiger Mueller detectors,
civil defence items,
atomic movie posters,
radioactive quack cures,
radiation warning signs, etc.
Much more in the way of historical scientific instrumentation at the
University of Toronto Museum of Scientific Instuments : exhibits on
psychology,
acoustics, and
early electron microscopy; more in
the collections.American Artifacts has some interesting articles and illustrations on antique scientific and medical instruments, such as
these quack eye massagers.
posted by plep
on Aug 17, 2003 -
10 comments
Kodak Girl - Martha Cooper
began her love affair with photography when her dad gave her a Kodak Baby Brownie sometime around 1946. A professional photographer, for the last 25 years she's also been an avid collector of photographica. Her focus is on
images of women with cameras. Browse through
more than a century of historic photos, quirky memorabilia, advertising, toys, comics, movie stills and figurines - it's a fascinating site!
In her own photos, Ms. Cooper favors art, anthropology, and urban folk culture. Her colorful work can be viewed at
NYCity Snaps.
posted by madamjujujive
on Sep 29, 2002 -
2 comments
