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Thank you to Graham Hastings
Retronautic WTF IV
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Colour photographs of Egypt, 1920s
USA Shopping Malls, Summer 1990
24 Hours in One Photograph
Vintage Recipes
Brigitte Bardot at Cannes, 1953
Antikamnia Chemical Company Calendars, 1899 / 1900
Evolution of Lucasfilm Christmas Cards, 1977-2010
Colour photographs of London after Air Raid Attack, September 1940
Abandoned Academy, Maryland
'Paint Your Wagon', By Sir Hugh Casson, 1970
Abandoned Ekranoplan
Early 3-D Photographs
Retronautic WTF V
Alice in Wonderland, 1966, by Jonathan Miller
Modern Man, Carnaby St, Menswear Mail Order Catalogue, 1967
Technical Cutaways, 1940s, by Frank Soltesz
Life-Size 'Hot Wheels' 1968 Camaro
Harlem Street Scenes, 1939, by Sid Grossman
Retro-futurism in French Children's Encyclopedias, 1945-1975 
Letter from Mick Jagger to Andy Warhol, 1969
Edsel Ford’s 1934 Model 40 Speedster
Nr.2 is a bit sick…
Cawston Ostrich farm was in Los Angeles at the turn of the century. Pasadena, I think, to be exact. They went out of business when ostrich feathers ceased to be a fashionable accessory, but up until then it was a big tourist attraction, complete with ostrich rides and races. Much fun!
I love the llama! I wonder how they got the balloon boy down?
The guy with the TV-glasses is Hugo Gernsbach demonstrating for Life Magazine.
No. 8 is Mr. “Herbert” Televox; one of the world’s first robots and one of the very few built largely out of cardboard.
See http://davidszondy.com/future/robot/televox.htm