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Chevy-Camaro.com

Chevy-Camaro.com

Sean O’Connor’s reference site on the Chevrolet Camaro boasts hundreds of high resolution photos as well as some great Camaro-related data like RPO, engine, paint and part codes, and decoding information... Read More or Visit Site

American Menu Collection

American Menu Collection

This NYPL menu collection is a window into American dining between 1851 and 1930. Includes thousands of menus, many with high-res images. The collection was started by Miss Frank E. Buttolph (1850-1924),... Read More or Visit Site

Circus Model Builders

Circus Model Builders

The Circus Model Builders website describes its passion for building tiny trains, big tops, animals, and sideshows as "The Greatest Hobby on Earth," and a few minutes browsing the photos and videos in the... Read More or Visit Site

SmallDollars.com

SmallDollars.com

If you're a fan of contemporary U.S. Small Dollar Coins, Mike Wallace's SmallDollars.com is for you. This no-nonsense site is packed with detailed information about Susan B. Anthony, Sacagawea, Native... Read More or Visit Site

Vintage Football Card Gallery

Vintage Football Card Gallery

This great database of pro and collegiate football cards from the 1950s and 1960s offers scanned images of cards for hundreds of players, cross-indexed by team, player, set, college, and position. Start with... Read More or Visit Site

Antique Bottle Collector's Haven

Antique Bottle Collector

There's a ton of information here, but as with bottles, you have to dig to find the best stuff. Start with the famous bottles page, with its photo galleries of rare and unusual bottles. Then read up on tops,... Read More or Visit Site

The Black Tie Guide

The Black Tie Guide

Peter Marshall became an authority on formalwear out of necessity — he needed a tux to wear on the maiden transatlantic voyage of the Queen Mary 2. Finding the right attire proved so vexing that he created a... Read More or Visit Site

Petrol Maps

Petrol Maps

Ian Byrne's virtual glove compartment is crammed with almost 2,000 European petrol (gas) and oil company roadmaps. While American maps were given out free, European maps were sold, which means fewer have... Read More or Visit Site

Museum of Musical Instruments

Museum of Musical Instruments

If vintage guitars could talk... they'd be digging this site. With its many themed collections and exhibitions, it's an excellent starting point for aspiring guitar collectors. Includes guitars from Hendrix,... Read More or Visit Site

Fashion Doll Guide

Fashion Doll Guide

This site is all Barbie, all fashion from 1959 to 1972. Suzanne Maxwell lays out hundreds of period wardrobe choices, with pictures of vintage outfits in their original boxes. She offers comprehensive... Read More or Visit Site

Plopsite.de

Plopsite.de

Norbert Lamping's collection of 600+ ceramic bottle stoppers, Hutter stoppers, swingtops, swivel stoppers, and lightning stoppers from breweries worldwide. Beautiful hi-res images, often with accompanying... Read More or Visit Site

Instruments for Science

Instruments for Science

This Smithsonian exhibit lets you view or download PDFs of entire manufacturers catalogs for early scientific instruments. Browse by company or type of instrument. Includes Bausch and Lomb microscopes, Carl... Read More or Visit Site