Malls of America - Gone (some of them) but not forgotten (well, maybe). Vintage photographs and postcards of malls of the 1960s and '70s. For more personal stories, check out
Deadmalls.com.
posted by deborah
on Aug 7, 2005 -
19 comments
"
Square America is a site dedicated to preserving and displaying vintage snapshots from the first 3/4s of the 20th Century. Not only do these photographs contain a wealth of primary source information on how life was lived they also constitute a shadow history of photography, one too often ignored by museums and art galleries."
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posted by peacay
on Jul 19, 2005 -
21 comments
They're all here. Or most of them. This will make you dust off your NES/Genesis/Turbo GraphX-16... but this time with a
pixel-perfect map of every level of your most beloved games. From Amiga to Xbox.
Castlevania,
Zelda, and
Megaman among hundreds of others and links to even more in-depth sites.
Warning - some of these maps are EXTREMELY large, like 13000x5000 large. NSFCW (Not safe for child within)
posted by BlackLeotardFront
on Mar 18, 2005 -
32 comments
Typing...on a screen! Text (and cover image) of a 1973 issue of Radio-Electronics mag, showing a new fangled way of typing with a TV screen. I like how the mag is billed as "for MEN with ideas in electronics." Heh...
posted by braun_richard
on Feb 28, 2005 -
8 comments
Big Hats and Eroticism is just one of the many features of
Tallulahs.com, an excellent site dedicated to images of the
vintage nude. There's also lots of wonderful trivia and commentary, such as a
brief biography of the
Mante sisters (immortalized in the brilliant ballerina images of painter
Edgar Degas), and the story of
Liane de Pougy, convent girl turned runaway wife, turned
celebrated dancer of the French stage, turned
Romanian Princess. Or you can read about the
mystery of H. Traut,
elusive photographer of "the gentle eroticism of fairyland" whose
images graced hundreds of postcards for several years until he
seemingly vanished from the scene some time before WWI. Interested in
drawing or painting nudes yourself? Here's a page of
classical nude poses - studies in various categories that you can work from, including "
The beauty of butts" and "
seductive smoking"! Plus, you can peruse
Tallulah's own art nudes, and a fabulous
links page. NSFW, obviously.
posted by taz
on Aug 9, 2004 -
4 comments
Stag World Before there was Maxim there were these manly men's magazines from the '50s and '60s. Take that, you metrosexual pansies!
posted by owillis
on Feb 25, 2004 -
6 comments
In The Rain boasts a huge collection of vintage erotica; beautiful, artful poses of women you won't see in
Maxim anytime soon. The appeal of
Vintage Sex is ephemeral, but we've been making erotica long before
cameras; since the beginning
of civilization, really. (Should really go without saying that none of these links are safe for work.)
posted by headspace
on May 30, 2003 -
22 comments
Another "magnificent obsession" site, seasonally spiced:
oldchristmaslights.com is a huge attic space, packed to the rafters with illuminating images and information; history and pre-history, manufacturer backgrounds, timeline, patents, vintage advertising, trivia - it's all here, plus a "
Light Set Gallery" and more. Plug in and enjoy.
posted by taz
on Dec 7, 2002 -
23 comments
