Lamp collector and dealer Dan Edminster has put together an incredible reference site on antique lamps and related accessories like shades, burners and chimneys. Start with the site map and then work your way... Read More or Visit Site

Mark Wright’s G.I. Joe site, The Beachhead, has everything a fan of the original action figure could want. Click on Platoon Photos and you’ll see images of vintage Joes. Head over to the Maintenance Depot... Read More or Visit Site

Hungry? Dan Goodsell's archive of hundreds of cereal box images from the 1950s, 60s, and 70s will take you right back to the primordial dawn of sugar cereal. Browsable by manufacturer and brand, includes all... Read More or Visit Site

An enormous database and online reference encyclopedia dedicated to U.S. coins. You'll be sure to find high res images and histories on your favorite early American silver and gold coins. Includes half... Read More or Visit Site

A collector since age 12, René Rondeau's site showcases the early history of recorded sound, with great photos and detail of late 1800s/early 1900s recording machines. The site covers tinfoil, cylinder and... Read More or Visit Site

This archive of 76 influential American cookbooks from the late 1700s to early 1900s, assembled by the Michigan State University Museum and Library, offers scans of each book in both html and PDF formats. ... Read More or Visit Site

Explore the history, art, and science of antique daguerreotypes. Includes extensive galleries browsable by subject (Gold Rush, military, portraits, Massachusetts, European etc.) and containing over 1000... Read More or Visit Site

Billed as “the world’s largest, most active, banjo community,” this site's Forums pages boast thousands of topics, from vintage banjos to banjo-playing techniques to advice on how to set up, tweak, and... Read More or Visit Site

Bruce Black's gallery of paperback book covers from the 1940s and 50s. With help from numerous contributors, he's assembled a definitive collection of the original pulp fiction. Browsable by publisher and... Read More or Visit Site

The new model year Fords are in, and its 1957! Looking at a Fairlane, Tudor Sedan, Ranchero or Country Squire Wagon? Feel that excitement all over again as you browse through the model gallery, check out the... Read More or Visit Site

PeterD’s Historia goes deep on ancient Roman coins (there are about 400 of them), but he also gives Greek coins their due, as well as coins from Persia and Judaea. There’s a Celtic stater from the time of... Read More or Visit Site

Lewis Jaffe's homage to the bookplate. Lots of scrolling, but worth it for the great scans, plus commentary on a wide variety of styles, eras, varieties ('physicians bookplates'), and bookplate artists. Does a... Read More or Visit Site