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    Lord Kent?

    Does anyone know about this company? It's history? Just received a "Beaver 15" in the mail for a song, great condition. Looking to find out more.
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    hat band stamping in the bay area?

    Does anyone know of anyone who offers this service?
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    Entrepeneurs and Businesmen of the golden era (and beyond)?

    Everything from inventors of things we take for granted, to magnates... Who are everyone's favorites, and why?
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    google earth-style map of NYC, 1924 and 1951

    Click this link to explore: http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/ Too cool, hours of fun. Screenshots of some goodies, shamelessly lifted from here. Empire state building, before and after Union square park. Where's the shade? Look at all the shipping between the brooklyn and manhattan...
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    Mother in Law dropped a bombshell today!

    Apparently she was friends with Sammy Davis Jr. and he had a nickname for her, because of her short stature: "My Size." Not earth shattering but I think it's pretty cool. I'm pestering her for pictures!
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    the looming end of the transbay terminal, SF

    On one hand the place is a mess... but i just can't support wrecking a piece of history. Even with the bums, i love the building. Just walking through it in the morning takes you back. Is transbay worth saving? Info on what's wrong with it: What it looks like now: Old days:
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    Wonderwoman becomes just another sulky goth teen

    http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/07/04/woman-womans-new-costume-superhero-fail/ Not a big comics fan, but this is just lame.
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    Oldest living Pullman porter looks back his life

    http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pullman-porter-20100705,0,7194062.story
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    candid film of a South dakota town in 38-39

    http://www.archive.org/details/sIvanBes1938_6 Great examples of real life dress and bearing.
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    Anti Digit Dialing League

    Friday, Jul. 13, 1962 When Bell System executives grandly announced that all telephone exchange names would soon be replaced by seven-digit numbers in the name of progress, they presupposed the blind acceptance of a benumbed and be-numbered public. They were wrong: the telephone company is...
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    Manhattan's gashouse district

    Site of Peter Cooper / Stuy town today: 23rd street –14th on the east side. I grew up across the street from this area and it's something to hear what it used to be like in the golden era. It used to be the single worst part of manhattan to live in, due to the gas fumes from the gas...
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    How to use real vintage phones on your cell phone line

    The events of this evening, to explain what I mean: I come home, plug my iphone in in the foyer so it can charge from the wall. Then I go into the office and sit down at my desk. A client calls my cellphone. Now, not only does my cell in the foyer ring, but my red 500 series starts ringing...
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    odd request.. where to find music in this newsreel?

    Bear with me... It's in the first part of the first tape of this Reader's Digest "Great battles of WWII" series (Africa: Beginning of the End). You own it, right? ;) It sounds almost exactly like the soundtrack for this scene from raiders, and I'd bet this is where John Williams got his...
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    Complete programming days?

    I've found two so far, one is by a DC radio station (the complete mp3's can be found here). The other is D-Day (but it omits all non-news programming). Anyone know of any others?
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    Sparton radio, estimated date?

    Any idea when this is from? Got it at a swap meet for $5, it's in wretched condition but couldn't pass it up. I soldered an ipod to the speaker terminals. It produces rich sound without the unit needing to be plugged in. Does that date it as post war? I was thinking it might even be early...
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    Freemasons seeing a spike in new membership

    http://www.latimes.com/features/lifestyle/la-ig-masons18-2008may18,0,562412.story Over Italian food, retired lawyers and judges sit elbow-to-elbow with owners of scrap metal yards and vintage clothing boutiques. They hold forth on philosophy, the weather; they rib each other and joke about...
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    How much of the stuff in your home was bought "new?"

    I was talking with my fiancee about supporting the economy vs. environmental impact, and it's funny; we were trying to figure out what percentage of what we buy is second hand in some form or another. Just looking around my house.... it's maybe only the groceries, home electronics, and...
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    50's and 60's fedora lounge?

    Anyone have any recommendations for a site similar to this one, but focusing more on those eras?
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    42nd Black Watch — A men's clothing blog

    Not sure if this is old hat to everyone here (or even run by a member) but this place is just wonderful. Many eras are covered... http://42ndblackwatch1881.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/vintage-menswear-illustrations-era-of-apparel-arts-esquire/#more-538
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    A jewel baking in the sun

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay4OVL0Uj2E A beautifully preserved art deco gem in East Africa, and the efforts to preserve it.

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