elegance, originally uploaded by isto-ica.
ARTIFACTS OF THINGS THAT WERE, AND WILL NEVER BE AGAIN.
It's always 1932
It's always 1932, originally uploaded by Wyrd.
Bristol Temple Meads railway station, engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Lenox Lounge on the Sepia Screen
You don't go here for the warm & cosy atmosphere catered by a warm & fuzzy staff, at least not in this modern era. Nor do you go for the remarkable drinks (unlike Milk & Honey) or single "talent". You go here for the history, architecture, jazz & the dedication towards a diverse NYC neighborhood. They just don't build or maintain establishments such as the Lenox Lounge in the 21st Century. Too bad.
Bakelite Viewmasters
Although today considered a toy, View-Master began it's commercial life in 1939 as a home-entertainment medium intended for adults.
Invented by William Gruber and marketed by Harold Graves through Edwin and Fred Mayer's photo-finishing, postcard, and greeting card company, Sawyer's, View-Master was a successor to the stereograph viewer popularized in the 19th century by Oliver Wendell Holmes. But View-Master was an improvement over the traditional stereograph; it offered seven stereo views on each reel, compared with the stereograph's one view per card, and provided them in color by using Kodak's (then-) new color transparency film, Kodachrome.
From 1939 to 1950, View-Master reels were sold individually. In the early 1950s, Sawyer's had a sufficient catalog of titles to begin grouping existing single reels into packets according to common subjects (for example, reels 251, 252, & 253 were sold as a Carlsbad Caverns packet). --Viewmaster History
Invented by William Gruber and marketed by Harold Graves through Edwin and Fred Mayer's photo-finishing, postcard, and greeting card company, Sawyer's, View-Master was a successor to the stereograph viewer popularized in the 19th century by Oliver Wendell Holmes. But View-Master was an improvement over the traditional stereograph; it offered seven stereo views on each reel, compared with the stereograph's one view per card, and provided them in color by using Kodak's (then-) new color transparency film, Kodachrome.
From 1939 to 1950, View-Master reels were sold individually. In the early 1950s, Sawyer's had a sufficient catalog of titles to begin grouping existing single reels into packets according to common subjects (for example, reels 251, 252, & 253 were sold as a Carlsbad Caverns packet). --Viewmaster History
Heartland homestead
...Withstood the test of Time..., originally uploaded by bail56..Random Images from The Heartland..
F Market on Embarcadero
F Market on Embarcadero, originally uploaded by Telstar Logistics.
The 1057 trolley was built in 1948 for the city of Philadelphia, and after a 1994 refurbish was painted in the Cincinnati Street Railway color scheme. Its yellow-with-stripes colors have earned it the nickname "Bumblebee". (Market Street Railway: Car No. 1057)
The Victoria Baths
Victoria Baths opened in 1906 and provided the public with swimming pools, baths, and club-rooms for 86 years. Since its closure in 1993, the Victoria Baths Trusts has been working to preserve the building.
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