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Dan and Diana's Lux Clock Collection

Dan and Diana

Dan and Diana Lockett's amazing collection of several hundred novelty Lux clocks made by the Lux Clock Manufacturing Co. Browse by category and then click on the thumbnails to reveal beautiful high... Read More or Visit Site

Gallery of Monster Toys

Gallery of Monster Toys

Raymond Castile's homage to vintage monster toys from the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Browsable by decade and manufacturer, a great reminder of Halloweens gone by. As Castile says in his introduction,... Read More or Visit Site

Typewriters by Will Davis

Typewriters by Will Davis

Will Davis' impressive collection of microsites on antique typewriters includes in-depth information on portables, 1890s-1930s typewriters, European models, and collectors who actually use their vintage... Read More or Visit Site

Oldcomputers.net

Oldcomputers.net

Steven Stengel's showcase of old computers from the 1970's and 80's. Also includes a reference section on old computer components and a page of old computer ads. Stengel goes into incredible detail on each... Read More or Visit Site

Ericofon.com

Ericofon.com

Richard Rose's tribute to the Ericofon, a colorful, stylish concept phone introduced in Europe in the 1950's and then exported to the U.S. Goes into great detail on history, wiring and troubleshooting, colors... Read More or Visit Site

Primarily Petroliana

Primarily Petroliana

Jim Potts’ site for petroliana collectors, featuring image galleries and community features such as a discussion board and virtual swap meet. Check out the image gallery (‘petro pictures’) which includes... Read More or Visit Site

Art of Mourning

Art of Mourning

Australian historian and collector Hayden Peters' handsome site is a great resource for fans of memorial, mourning, and sentimental jewelry. In addition to pages for bracelets, brooches, lockets, and rings,... Read More or Visit Site

On-Line Skateboard Museum

On-Line Skateboard Museum

This excellent gallery of vintage skateboards, with pictures and historical descriptions, showcases 80 years of collectible skateboards 1920-2000. From the 20's three-wheeler to 40's Skeeter to 60's Roller... Read More or Visit Site

Chipstone

Chipstone

This beautiful site showcases the collection of Stanley and Polly Stone of Fox Point, Wisconsin, consisting of early American furniture and historical prints, and 17th and 18th century British pottery. Well... Read More or Visit Site

David Rumsey Map Collection

David Rumsey Map Collection

David Rumsey has put over 15,800 maps online, with a special focus on North and South American images from the 18th and 19th centuries. You can quickly browse the collection by year, by location, by mapmaker,... Read More or Visit Site

Bath Postal Museum

Bath Postal Museum

The Bath Postal Museum's beautiful and easy-to-navigate digital collection showcases rare and unseen postal ephemera from recovered plane crashes and shipwrecks, letters from the Victorian era, military mail... Read More or Visit Site

Parker51.com

Parker51.com

Ernesto Soler's extensive homage to one of the most popular pens ever produced, the Parker "51," introduced in 1941. Chock full of detailed information and photos, this site also includes a great history of... Read More or Visit Site