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Category Archives: Vintage

It’s Over! It’s Over!

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Via Instapundit: “WORLD WAR I NOW OFFICIALLY OVER: On September 26, 2010 — 92 years after the WWI officially ended — Germany made her last payment of $94 million in reparations “to private individuals, pension funds and corporations holding debenture bonds as agreed under the Treaty of Versailles.” As Keynes rightly predicted, the unreasonably high […]

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Day 229

Saturday, August 14, 2010

From Argust 10th, a day to celebrate and shoot Argus Cameras! (Three photos from my Argus C4, stitched together in MS ICE!) ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Its Lileks Time!

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

A selection of vintage posts from http://lileks.com, a really neat view into the past! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Postcard Art from the Golden Age

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

A collection of vintage postcards…pretty neat! http://lileks.com/misc/portfolios/index.html ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Cruising…Old School!

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

http://lileks.com/misc/lurline/index.html Bonus:  Can you find the Argus C3??? ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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A History of Bathing Suits

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Ongoing… http://lileks.com/misc/bathing/1.html ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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The Last Days of Food and Drink…

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

An online copy of a food and drink visitor’s guide to LA, c. 1962.  The end of the Post War Golden Age.  It all changed in 1963… http://lileks.com/misc/key62/index.html An ongoing project… ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Great Cars of Song: Hot Rod Lincoln

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

My pappy said “Son, you’re gonna drive me to drinkin’ If you don’t stop drivin’ that hot rod Lincoln.” Another great post at Car Lust! With the history, links and video! ~Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>

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Day 144: The Argus Camera Museum pt2!

Sunday, May 30, 2010

Argus cameras were very influential in getting 35mm accepted as a film format, possibly second only to Leica, definitely in the United States, but also around the world.  There were over a million C3’s made! A precision machine made of inexpensive Bakelite. They are still in use today: There was a C3 Matchmatic used in […]

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Day 143: The Argus Camera Museum pt1!

Saturday, May 29, 2010

Thursday morning in Ann Arbor was a bit of fun for me… I collect Argus cameras, and Ann Arbor was home to the Argus Camera Company! There is a wonderful little free museum of Argus cameras housed in one of the old Argus factory buildings, now owned by the University of Michigan.  There are lots […]

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