Slideshow of antique natural history museum dioramas

Our pal Ben Cosgrove at LIFE posted a gorgeous slideshow of ye olde natural history museum dioramas. Seen above, an 1898 "Beisa Antelope Oryx diorama" by taxidermist Carl Akeley, from the collection of the Field Museum. "Wild Dioramas Back In The Day". Via: Boingboing

Antique radio tuning dials

Antique radio tuning dials. [Indiana Radios Via: Coudal], Via: Boingboing

This is a must see.

A Visit to a Steampunked Home

Bruce and Melanie Rosenbaum started ModVic (Modern Victorian) Home Restoration in June 2007 and have now moved onto steampunk Home Design. ModVic's mission is to authentically restore historic Victorian homes (1850 – 1910) to their original beauty and richness while completely modernizing the home’s systems, functional layout and conveniences for the family of today (sound familiar?). Bruce and Melanie also love the steampunk design aesthetic of combining the best of Victorian high design and craftsmanship with modern functionality and usefulness.

Bruce's home is a Craftsman style Victorian built in 1901. It has a great deal of history associated with it and Bruce has filled it with unusual Craftsman era antiques. But we're interested in steampunk here rather than the merely historical so I'm going to gloss over almost all of that and get to the mods and the steampunk art!

Be sure to go to the LINK this home is amazing.

Glass Men

I could not read the language on the original site so here are the links to where I found them. LINK, Via: Doseng

Gallery of antique radio tuning dials

The radio dials shown here "represent only a small portion" of Michael Feldt's dial archive.

Gallery of antique radio tuning dials (Via: Draplin Design, Via: Boingboing)

Antique Phonographs

Before the MP3, before the CD, before the cassette tape and before the 8-track, there was the almighty vinyl record. Thomas Edison essentially invented the phonograph, paving the way for music to be heard by Americans and people worldwide. Vinyl still stands as the most durable way to keep music around. While some of the phonographs and gramophones would eventually burn out trying to play a massive record collection, the vintage sound they give off brings back memories of times that were simple and fun. LINK

The Antique Poison Bottle Hall of Fame

It’s part of the The Antique Poison Bottle Hall of Fame, where you’ll find all kinds of poison bottles submitted by owners from all over. Link, Via: Neatorama