If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
Jockeying for Position: How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Blood, Sweat, and Steel: My Afternoon with the Ace of Swords
'The Great Gatsby' Still Gets Flappers Wrong
Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
Forget TV Pickers, Meet the Real Mavericks of the Antiques World
Coveting The Craziest Cat-People Collectibles
Posted 1 year ago
jamiedpt
(175 items)
This is one of the Violet Ray machines which I have in my electromedical "quack" collection. These Violet Ray (Ultraviolet) machines were pretty popular for use in everything from medical offices to beauty salons and supposedly could "cure" just about anything that ailed you. This one still works well and my kids, patients and students all really enjoy getting a little shock from this when it arcs across to your skin. Tried to capture a good picture of this. When workign it gives off a neat purple light and the spark when you get close enough to it. It produces ozone which you can smell when it is being used.
Tools and HardwareThe history of tools and hardware tells the story of two conflicting impuls…
PharmacyThe neighborhood drugstore, featuring a soda fountain and lunch counter, be…
thanks for the love doc
thanks pickingupbones