goodfight mercantile @goodfightmercantile - Tumblr Blog

In the past 15 years, while hunting for missing pieces of the Old Spanish Trail, Charlotte Kahl would sometimes find herself following pick-up trucks. She...

Restoring OST100

#OST100 #original roads #american #roads #car #automobile #trip #travel #highway #surveying #history #america #1920s

sadanimalfacts

I’ve got some bad news about cows.

#rem #sad songs #90s music #animal facts #milk #cow #cows #dairy

new-topia

Irresistible photographs of Andy Warhol at the Factory in the 60s.

#Warhol #Andy #the factory #art #artists #1960s #nyc

There’s a light bulb in Livermore, California that has been burning since 1901.

Fascinating story of a mundane object

#built to last #made in usa #design #light #edison bulb #shelby electric #CA #OH #handmade #planned obsolescence #cartel #monopoly #Phoebus

Happy Birthday To Bucky Fuller.

Original ad for Dymaxion House. The only surviving example (only two were ever built) can be seen at the Henry Ford Museum.

More Info

#dymaxion house #round #alternative #housing #homes #Buckminster #fuller #stainless #rotating #futurist #modern #post wwii #video #sustainable #design #architecture

houghtonlib

Cabinet card photograph of actor Harry Conor.

Houghton Library, Harvard University

#Harry Conor #cabinet card #vintage #photo #actor #sailor #picture #archive #harvard

design-is-fine

Handyman’s Book, 1957. Better Homes & Gardens, Meredith Publishing, USA. The complete book via Eudaemonius / flickr

#craft #handyman #tools #better homes and gardens #vintage #design #graphic #hand #diy

design-is-fine

Bolt / Screw wheel, no date. Active Screw, Chicago. Via present & correct

#wheel #design #diagram #screws #descriptor #active screw #mfg #vintage #object #hardware

nemfrog

Effects on alcohol upon the stomach. An abridgment of the hygienic physiology : with special reference to alcoholic drinks and narcotics. c.1884.

#alcohol #effects #stomach #illustration #scientific

design-is-fine

Lego ad, 1981. Lego Group. Created by Judy Lotas, SSC&.B. USA. Via flickr

#Lego #ad #vintage #beauty #kids #toys #design #graphic design #80s

carharttdetroit-blog

Give Extra Protection!

#carhartt #vintage #advertisement #Detroit #Union #made to last #extra protection

soudasouda

@SoudaBrooklyn / modernister: Staircase/Hills House/Gruzman/1966.

#concrete #modern #stairs #design #fireplace #living room #two story #industrial #homes #houses #Gruzman #60s design #architecture

“Here is what I would like for you to know: In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body—it is heritage.”

Reflect.

#race #america #history #black #white #police shooting #destruction #racism #systemic #letter #open letter #advice to young men #blackness #violence #culture #Ta-Nehisi Coates #injustice #poverty #ghetto

design-is-fine

Murray Tinkelman, illustration for Foods Men Like by Betty Crocker, 1970. Golden Press, NY. Complete book via Eudaemonius

#foods men like #betty crocker #illustration #cook book #cookbook #murray tinkelman #1970 #vintage #book #classic #illustrated #men #alphabetical

[Originally published July 3, 2013.] - - - How to begin this review? Few countries that debuted in the 1700s have been as controversial or long...

#america #snark #review #history #comedy #writing #mcsweeneys #4th #july #independence #tv

#muppets #4th #july #independence day #holiday #gonzo #rizzo #america #america the beautiful #pepe

oldnycphotos

4506 3rd Avenue - Electrical supply store in Sunset Park

#brooklyn #nyc #display #lights #edison #bulbs #supplies #vintage #storefront

Trending Blogs

Recently Viewed Blogs

goodfight mercantile