Gilbert Hall of Science

RFG (commercial site) has some great old toy catalogues.

Casino Chips

The Centre for Gaming Research has an exhibit - Fifty Years of Dining on the Las Vegas Strip.

Quadrupeds

Over 350 illustrations of four-legged animals from Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon.

11 Years of Science

A little bit more on some of these:

Parrot fever (Psittacosis) - 1930 Reported in Time.

"The birds apparently carry the germs in their mucous membranes and in insects bred in the warmth of their underwings."

Blind Flying - 1932 Hegenberger made the first solo, instruments only flight.

"He made his final landing approach by lining up on two radio transmitters through the use of a radio compass in his airplane."

'Unfathered' rabbit eggs - 1936 Pincogenesis in Time.

"It is ridiculous to even think that such work could be done with human beings."

Science Service newsletter testimonial from the Smithsonian.

Topical Sketches

Brutally naive World War I sketches from Douglas Ward. Link…

San Quentin

Views of the prison and events. Link…