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Phil's Old Radios

Phil

This extensive collection of antique radios includes beautiful photos and detailed historical descriptions. The site also provides answers to beginners' frequently asked questions, step-by-step restoration... Read More or Visit Site

Elvis Presley Record Research Database

Elvis Presley Record Research Database

The Elvis Presley Record Research Database takes a big subject, The King of Rock ’n’ Roll, and boils it down to its essentials—the EPs, LPs, singles, and other examples of recorded vinyl that were... Read More or Visit Site

The Marilyn Monroe Collection

The Marilyn Monroe Collection

This extensive tribute to Marilyn Monroe contains photos and descriptions of numerous personal items she once owned, ranging from scripts to mink collars to eyedrops to personal documents now owned by this... Read More or Visit Site

Clarice Cliff Collectors Club

Clarice Cliff Collectors Club

A good reference resource for anyone interested in the pottery of Clarice Cliff (1899-1972), who had her heyday in the 1930s. Produced by the Clarice Cliff Collectors Club, the site includes galleries of her... Read More or Visit Site

Mego Museum

Mego Museum

This is the definitive collectors' reference site for toys made by Mego Corp. in the 1970s. It includes extensive photo galleries, a library, and active discussion forums. Other parts of the site of interest... Read More or Visit Site

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza

The somber bookend to the JFK Museum is the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, where the 35th President of the United States was assassinated on November 22, 1963. Artifacts relating to the... Read More or Visit Site

TelegraphKeys.com

TelegraphKeys.com

Whether you are into straight keys from the middle of the 19th century, electronic keys from the middle of the 20th century, telegraph toys, or tips on how to restore the wood and metal parts on your old... Read More or Visit Site

Vintage Kids' Books My Kid Loves

Vintage Kids

This great blog, by an anonymous mom in Texas, is an ongoing bibliography of hundreds of vintage childrens books, complete with cover images, excerpts and commentary (on plots, appropriateness, illustrations,... Read More or Visit Site

Comic Character Pinbacks

Comic Character Pinbacks

Mark Lansdown's excellent collection of over 800 pinbacks representing 200+ comic characters from 100+ strips. Beautifully photographed and displayed, with accompanying documentation. See this index to browse... Read More or Visit Site

Old Jigsaw Puzzles

Old Jigsaw Puzzles

Bob Armstrong has pieced together an incredible reference site on vintage jigsaw puzzles. The centerpiece is his collection of over 700 puzzles, mostly hand cut, complete with pictures and descriptions. From... Read More or Visit Site

Travel Brochure Graphics

Travel Brochure Graphics

The staggering number of images on this site are, unbelievably, only a subset of David Levine's collection of 1920s and 1930s travel-related ephemera. Includes travel brochures, air- and ocean-liner... Read More or Visit Site

Emerald City Vintage Costume Jewelry

Emerald City Vintage Costume Jewelry

It looks like we're not in Kansas anymore with Elizabeth Rowlands' site on vintage costume jewelry from the 1940s and 1950s. This site features high resolution scans of vintage ads and patented pieces from... Read More or Visit Site