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Out of the Ordinary
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Air Raid Sirens - Information on air raid sirens and other siren and warning devices. Features photos, sounds, projects, restoration, forum, and links. |
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Bakelite - Dedicated to all collectors of Bakelite and other associated old plastics. |
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Bakelite and Plastic Museum - Bakelite kitchen and homeware, radios, clocks, jewelry, and cameras. Each item has a description. Includes images, books, links. |
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Business Card Collecting - Business card collecting facts, fun, and information. Links to business card collectors and traders around the world. |
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Coachbuilt Prams - A collection of coach built prams or baby carriages and their restoration. Lots of images and descriptions. |
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Collecting Crest & Monogram Albums - A personal site exploring and presenting research findings on the forgotten pastime of crest and monogram albums. Presented by Edward J Law. |
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Collectors Tech - British collector of electronic devices, calculators, radios, and watches. |
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collectspace.com - Source for information on space history, space artifacts, and space memorabilia. Learn where astronauts will appear, browse collecting guides, and read original space history-related daily reports. |
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Covers To Discover - A picture collection about manhole covers. Accepts submissions. [English and French]. |
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Drainspotting - Encouraging people to look down and check out the metal work at foot-level. Pictures and frequently asked questions. Accepts submitted photographs. |
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Elefant's Home - A large collection of pictures of elephants, including stamps, greeting cards and book covers. |
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Flashlight Museum - History of flashlights and images of flashlights with information. |
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The Gamewell Diaphone Web Site - A collector of information and devices showcases the distinctive public warning horns. Information, images and history are featured. |
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Globes of the 20th Century - Informational site for collectors of 20th century terrestrial globes. Globe manufacturers, how to date a globe, globe bibliography, globe links and a photo gallery of typical 20th century globes. |
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Handcuffs.org - A collectors guide to vintage handcuffs, featuring a gallery of handcuffs and related restraints as well as feature articles on handcuff collecting, Houdini and his fellow escape artists of the past. |
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Icebox Memories - Collection of memorabilia associated with the way ice was harvested, stored and finally delivered in the early 1900s. |
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Jeff's Date Nail Page - An illustrated site on railroad tie date nails. Includes general information on nails, the club, the e-mail newsletter, and the book. |
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Justbakelite - A brief biography on Leo Hendrik Baekeland with pictures of bakelite as well as links. |
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Land of Noz - All about collecting antique garden hose nozzles. |
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Lava Lamps - Provides basic information on lava lamps as well as how to make one. |
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The Lost Photo Gallery - A collection of lost photos and passport photos, found on the street and in other random locations. |
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ManHole.ca - Fine Sewer Art - Photographs sent in by visitors of various manhole covers from all over the world, as well as history and links. |
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Maytag Club - A California and Federal Non-Profit Corporation Dedicated to the preservation of the Maytag History and restoration of their products. |
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Menotomy Vintage Bicycles - Site contains two on-line vintage bicycle databases and 6 Discussion Areas with topics on vintage bicycle pricing, dating and restoration. |
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My Bandaids - This site contains images of an bandaid collection and a listing of the people that have made contributions to it. |
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The Nailhunter - A pictorial guide to date and pole nails. Collecting date nails is considered to be closely related to insulator collecting. |
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Old Spice Collectibles - Contains detailed research on Old Spice for Men products: mugs, and bottles. Also reports on eBay sales of Old Spice items. |
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Oozin' Goo - Information about lava lamps including history and profile of the inventor, formulas for making your own lamps, a vintage lamp photo gallery, and link to message forum. |
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Paper Watermarks - Collection of paper watermarks, with images and information about watermarks, and links to related resources. English and EspaƱol. |
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Penguins Everywhere - A personal penguin collection, features figurines, snowglobes, Christmas ornaments and plush. |
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Pigeon ring collector - Enthusiast in Germany features racing rings and ownership cards from all over the world. Includes photos and contact details. |
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Pocket Calendars - This site is dedicated to a collection of pocket calendars. Includes links, images and reasons to collect pocket calandars. |
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The RubberBand Ball Room - Step by step guide to creating a rubber band ball. Personal bios, and links to friends pages. |
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Rubberband Man - Provides information on starting a rubberband ball and has images of ongoing projects. |
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Safety-Cards - A collection which includes a complete alphabetical listing, images and a trade list. Site in German and English. |
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Sand Collecting - Everything you could possibly want to know about sand collecting, and a few things you might not. |
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Sands - Sand collecting site. Offers to exchange samples of sand. Site is in Italian and English. |
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Scarf Collector - British information for collectors of ladies scarves. Includes photographs. |
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The Sergei Rubber Band Ball Project - Project owner is trying to build a very large rubber band ball named Sergei. Information on donating rubber bands, and Sergei's statistics. |
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The Sneaker Net - Collection of over 150 sneakers (most of them Nike) - pictures. |
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Solid Perfume - A free informational forum for collectors of solid perfume compacts. Includes a message board, searchable photo database and buying and selling area. |
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Stegeo - A fairly eclectic collection consisting of stud boxes, roller blotter, bakelite boxes and dishware. Site consists of images and some text in English and German. |
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Talking Clocks - A collection of talking clocks. The site contains: photo galleries, some history of clocks that talk and interesting links about time. |
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Tara Quest - Resources, pictures, and information about the Tara Ceiling Fan by Southern Fan Co. |
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Treasure Jar - Dedicated to a family's collection of miscellaneous junk that is found on streets and sidewalks. |
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Waistcoat Man - A collection of waistcoats and three-piece suits, including images and a place for other collectors to meet. |
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World Beach Sand - Collecting tips, trading links and general information on sand collecting. |
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Yossie's Handcuff Collection - A personal collection of Handcuffs, Leg Irons, and other insitutional and historical restraint devices. Includes resource links page, patent papers, function animations, and books. |
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