Tuesday, November 2, 2021

Vintage School Desks

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We all went to school and we all sat at school desks.   We sat at school desks for hours and hours, days and days, weeks and weeks, month...
Monday, July 12, 2021

SRA, Golden Books, and Card Catalogs

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I took this picture in the hallway of our office.  What a great collection of classic educational materials.... A Library card catalog, ...
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Sunday, March 7, 2021

Edison Gold Moulded Records - Very Early Record Players

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 Here's a question that almost nobody seems to wonder about it except me.  What came first, the first voice recording or the first telep...
Thursday, August 13, 2020

Mid Century Modern Green Dial Telephone

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Thanks to Etsy, I just added a Mid Century Modern dial phone to my collection. It’s got that green color so popular in the 1950s, 60s, and 7...
Friday, February 7, 2020

Editing Film, Old Style

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It's hard to believe but until around 25 years ago, every single film was edited together by hand on machines like these. The pro...
Monday, July 22, 2019

Architectural Drawing Tools

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I have vivid and fond memories of drawing in math class using a compass, protractor, and ruler.  Do kids still do that?  These memories are ...
Saturday, October 6, 2018

Speak n Spell and More Spelling Technology

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Here's what we have in the Retro Collection: There's the Speak N Spell from the 1970s which we remembered thanks to its role in th...
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Saturday, September 22, 2018

Mary Poppins: A Magic Lantern in the Nursery

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I was watching Mary Poppins aboard a flight the other day and during the number starting with: In every job to be done, there is an elemen...
Sunday, March 4, 2018

Morse Code

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The telegraph with Morse Code revolutionized long distance communications in 1800s.  Coupled with the railroad, it launched the modern netwo...

Vintage Cameras

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While today's youth might be unfamiliar with taking pictures with a dedicated camera, I can well remember black and white cameras, Polar...
Thursday, March 1, 2018

Magic Lantern

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Magic Lantern Lit! The magic of light!  The Magic Lantern. In our office, we have what is known as a Magic Lantern ! We fired it up th...