November 20, 2008
This NYPL menu collection is a window into American dining between 1851 and 1930. Includes thousands of menus, man… [more]
This great gallery of over 100 covers of Jack Kerouac's classic 1957 novel 'On The Road' is worth a look for its co… [more]
Great collection of American penny postcards from the early 1900s, organized by state and then county. Includes a n… [more]
Ian Byrne's virtual glove compartment with almost 2,000 European petrol (gas) and oil company roadmaps. While Ameri… [more]
Hungry? Dan Goodsell's archive of hundreds of cereal box images from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s will take you right ba… [more]
Ben Perry's Flickr photoset showcasing almost 1500 Soviet propaganda, advertising, theatre and movie posters from 1… [more]
Remember the View-Master you had as a kid? Check out all the hundreds of cool-looking variations you never knew exi… [more]
Emil Dudek's guide to 1970s desktop and pocket calculators. Includes over 550 calculators and 120 brands. Beautiful… [more]
Ben Perry's Flickr photoset of almost 3,000 World War Two government posters. Hard to describe the breadth and dept… [more]
This site has lots of great photos and descriptions of rare vintage ink bottles. In particular, check out the Water… [more]
The National Air and Space Museum holds some 50,000 artifacts, a significant subset of which can be viewed on this … [more]
This creative website is essentially a giant glossary of stamp collecting, 'from advertising covers through Zeppeli… [more]
Bob Armstrong has pieced together an incredible reference site on vintage jigsaw puzzles. The centerpiece is his co… [more]
Jim Hughes' history-of-Lego reference site. Includes a comprehensive Lego timeline; an archive of Lego advertisemen… [more]
The gum is gone, but the cards are going strong... 2,500 of them in 38 categories. From 'American Beauties' to Elvi… [more]
Norbert Lamping's collection of 600+ ceramic bottle stoppers, Hutter stoppers, swingtops, swivel stoppers, and ligh… [more]
Don't let your dog near this site... hundreds of photos of fire hydrant collections from over 60 individual collect… [more]
This user-contributed database of classic movie theaters currently lists over 17,000 theaters worldwide. Browse by … [more]
Lewis Jaffe's homage to the bookplate. Lots of scrolling, but worth it for the great scans, plus commentary on a wi… [more]
Philipp Lenssen's incredible archive of over 94,000 comic book covers - Wow! Wham! Yikes! Browse by title from the … [more]
