The fact that the American Museum of Photography's online holdings are eclectic should not be surprising since phot… [read review or visit site]
This site lives up to its billing as 'a great resource for the antique cannabis collector,' and would likely be of … [read review or visit site]
James Pardey's ode to Penguin science fiction book covers may take a while to load, but the wait is worth it. He's … [read review or visit site]
Ben Henry's lively vintage baseball card blog, started in January 2006, offers hundreds of great posts on (and pict… [read review or visit site]
Mark Wright’s G.I. Joe site, The Beachhead, has everything a fan of the original action figure could want. Click … [read review or visit site]
Peter Marshall became an authority on formalwear out of necessity — he needed a tux to wear on the maiden transat… [read review or visit site]
Nick DiFonzo's collection and history of Texas plates. There are lots of license plate sites, but Nick has gone sup… [read review or visit site]
This handsome gallery showcases the top 20 items in the museum's extensive ceramics collection dating from 1500-190… [read review or visit site]
Paul McWhorter’s amazing reference site tells the story of the Civil War through high resolution scans of Harpers… [read review or visit site]
Richard Polt's celebration of the typewriter. Clean as a white sheet of bond paper, with stunning images, the site … [read review or visit site]
A wealth of information about colonial coinage! Features images and in-depth essays about a wide range of colonial … [read review or visit site]
Explore the history, art, and science of antique daguerreotypes. Includes extensive galleries browsable by subject … [read review or visit site]
In the 1940s, an estimated 75 percent of all handsaws sold in the United States were Disstons. Erik von Sneidern’… [read review or visit site]
James Lileks' homage to engraved illustrations used in world currency, postal first day covers, and stock certifica… [read review or visit site]
‘Drives Like Fun, Saves Like Crazy’ was the Ford Cortina marketing slogan, and this site certainly lives up to … [read review or visit site]
The late Sir Arthur Gilbert's collection of European silver, gold, enamel, and other items is now housed at the Vic… [read review or visit site]
This in-depth collection pays homage to the Kodak Girl, created by Kodak in 1893, and the history of female photogr… [read review or visit site]
Bruce Bleier's tribute to the Emeralite and Bellova lampshades made from Czech glass and popularized and distribute… [read review or visit site]
Lamp collector and dealer Dan Edminster has put together an incredible reference site on antique lamps and related … [read review or visit site]
John Conway’s terrific site is devoted to the helicopter pilots and crew who served during the Vietnam War, wheth… [read review or visit site]
If you're into Gibson's Les Paul models, or even curious, this is your site. Chock full of useful reference data, p… [read review or visit site]
Coin sites are known for their attention to detail, but few are as obsessive as The Lincoln Cent Resource, which is… [read review or visit site]
This website is a great guide to the mysteries of the Magic Lantern, forerunner of today's slide projector (well, o… [read review or visit site]
This extensive tribute to Marilyn Monroe contains photos and descriptions of numerous personal items she once owned… [read review or visit site]
Martin Howard's crisp, visually stunning collection of early vintage typewriters and related accessories like ribbo… [read review or visit site]
Stephen Coles' really visual blog dedicated to the Modernist era of design from 1940 to 1970 (aka Mid-century Moder… [read review or visit site]
Need some help with your vintage car repair? Check out this excellent trove of user-contributed car manual scans an… [read review or visit site]
For James Masters, the games people play go well beyond chess and croquet, although both are covered in detail at h… [read review or visit site]
Founded in 1992, The Original Hobo Nickel Society is mostly devoted to folk art derived from Indian Head or Buffalo… [read review or visit site]
A modern look at folk and outsider art with a focus on what people are doing to keep these traditions alive. The si… [read review or visit site]
This 7,000-plus page site lives up to its self-billing as a 'knowledge base' with examples of work from all major a… [read review or visit site]
This collaborative project provides a visual index of almost 2,000 antique quilts across multiple museums and colle… [read review or visit site]
This photo gallery of over 7800 vintage radios, categorized by manufacturer and model number, is a group effort wit… [read review or visit site]
Since 1999, the Remington Site has offered classical music collectors a glimpse into Remington Records, an independ… [read review or visit site]
The magic lantern section of The Richard Balzer Collection covers the machines, images, and cultural artifacts rela… [read review or visit site]
We pretty much had to include the royals in the hall of fame. They've been collecting for more than 500 years! It's… [read review or visit site]
The Schøyen Collection is an extensive pool of manuscripts dating from 3300 BC to the 19th century. Of particular … [read review or visit site]
Malcolm Warrington’s The Scrap Album is a handsomely organized site, as you’d expect from an articulate champio… [read review or visit site]
This gallery at Dave's Show Rod Rally features model show rods from 1960 to 2001. Favorites include the 1958 Thunde… [read review or visit site]
The somber bookend to the JFK Museum is the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, where the 35th Pre… [read review or visit site]