Posted 11 months ago
mikielikes…
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Picts.#1-3 are the old Charles Page Library, now the city museum. Pict# 4 is a vacant building that i hope our un-simathetic city councelmen wont decide to have torn down. But they probably will.
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If These Shirts Could Talk: The Tantalizing Tales Behind Used Clothes
The mysterious packages kept arriving, some from eBay, others from the Home …
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Jockeying for Position: How Boxers and Briefs Got Into Men's Pants
Just as underclothes are shielded from public view, the evolution of men's most intimate apparel is shrouded in secrecy. But the story of men's underwear is about more …
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Gloriously Grotesque 19th-Century Pipes
The meerschaum pipes carved in Eastern Europe at the end of the 19th century are among the most bizarre and improbable concoctions in decorative art. Some feature …
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In the Hot Seat: Is Your Antique Windsor a Fake?
While researching her book, "Killer Stuff and Tons of Money," Maureen Stanton came across all sorts of characters. For years, she shadowed her antiques-dealer friend …
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Love at First Kite: How Pizza and Pente Led to One Oklahoman's High-Flying Obsession
Vintage kites from all over the world hang from the ceiling and walls of Richard Dermer’s popula…
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Blood, Sweat, and Steel: My Afternoon with the Ace of Swords
“When I got this sword, it was completely covered in blood rust.” Sword maker Francis Boyd is showing me yet another weapon pulled from yet another …
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'The Great Gatsby' Still Gets Flappers Wrong
Have you heard? There’s a new swell in town named Gatsby, and he’s bringing flapper flair back into fashion. Baz Luhrmann’s latest cinematic spectacle—his take on “Th…
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Say Ahhh: An Oral Surgeon's Quest to Reimagine the Garage-Band Guitar
It’s not unusual for men of a certain age to have a soft spot in their hearts for the look of vintage guitars and the sound…
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Forget TV Pickers, Meet the Real Mavericks of the Antiques World
Long before Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz swaggered into the spotlight with "American Pickers," writer Maureen Stanton …
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Coveting The Craziest Cat-People Collectibles
The memes are endless—Grumpy Cat, Nyan Cat, Keyboard Cat, Maru, and all the Lolcats. Last year even witnessed the first ever Internet Cat Video Fe…
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Art Deco LampsWhen we think of Art Deco, we typically conjure images of streamlined archi…
very cool buildings:)
Thank you Sean , packrat , bratjdd , anikin & i will google that site eye4beauty, thank you
your welcome :)
Sorry Manikin i typoed your name, & thank you PhilDavisAlexanderMorris
thank you PhilDavidAlexanderMorris , officialfuel & mrmajestic for lookin.
thanks Obscurities
thank u mrmajestic 1 & Obscurities for lookin & luvin
I love American Art Deco! (after all I was living in Miami for some time) I remember a lot of amazing AD buildings there and a few ones in Tallahassee (including a Coca-Cola building nobody seemed to know... it sounded really crazy when Tallahassians were getting directions from a Spaniard to see old buildings in their own city). It's a pity such an interesting heritage has been disappearing all through the country...