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My Kid Lost a Game of 'Magic' to Its Creator But Scored a Piece of Its Art (collectorsweekly.com)
214 points by ascertain on Nov 8, 2019 | past | 141 comments
L.A.'S Wildest Cafeteria Served Utopian Fantasy with a Side of Enchiladas (2014) (collectorsweekly.com)
46 points by samclemens on Sept 16, 2019 | past | 15 comments
Let There Be Light Bulbs: How Incandescents Became Icons of Innovation (2015) (collectorsweekly.com)
4 points by Hooke on Aug 8, 2019 | past
Stirred Not Shaken: How Do You End Up with 50k Swizzle Sticks? (collectorsweekly.com)
2 points by ohjeez on July 17, 2019 | past
David Bowie‘s collection of Memphis-Milano furniture (2016) (collectorsweekly.com)
69 points by tintinnabula on July 9, 2019 | past | 16 comments
True West: Searching for the Familiar in Early Photos of L.A. and San Francisco (collectorsweekly.com)
10 points by benbreen on March 30, 2019 | past
Who Really Built the First Electric Rock ‘n’ Roll Guitar? (collectorsweekly.com)
67 points by ohjeez on Jan 16, 2019 | past | 63 comments
A Modernist Pioneer Designed the Perfect Animator's Desk (collectorsweekly.com)
17 points by BobbyVsTheDevil on Dec 27, 2018 | past
Why Cars Will Kill 30,000 Americans This Year (collectorsweekly.com)
1 point by jger15 on Nov 26, 2018 | past
Postcards from Big Brother: The Curious Propaganda of a Brutal Soviet Era (collectorsweekly.com)
93 points by prismatic on Oct 18, 2018 | past | 76 comments
Paint Pedaler: How a 1980s Cyclist Found Fame on the Ceilings of Old Victorians (collectorsweekly.com)
1 point by tomcam on Oct 4, 2018 | past
Demolishing the California Dream: How SF Planned Its Own Housing Crisis (collectorsweekly.com)
208 points by docker_up on Sept 26, 2018 | past | 181 comments
How San Francisco Planned Its Own Housing Crisis (collectorsweekly.com)
2 points by ohjeez on Sept 25, 2018 | past | 1 comment
[dupe] How San Francisco Planned Its Own Housing Crisis (collectorsweekly.com)
1 point by samclemens on Sept 25, 2018 | past
California Cool: How the Wetsuit Became the Surfer's Second Skin (2013) (collectorsweekly.com)
42 points by Thevet on Sept 21, 2018 | past | 35 comments
A Treasure Trove of Movie Ads from the Heyday of Newspapers (collectorsweekly.com)
7 points by prismatic on Sept 21, 2018 | past
Medicinal Soft Drinks and Coca-Cola Fiends: The Toxic History of Soda Pop (2014) (collectorsweekly.com)
40 points by samclemens on Sept 12, 2018 | past | 26 comments
It Came from the ’70s: The Story of Grandma’s Weird Couch (collectorsweekly.com)
26 points by axiomdata316 on Sept 1, 2018 | past | 6 comments
Ancient Androids: Even Before Electricity, Robots Freaked People Out (collectorsweekly.com)
1 point by ohjeez on Aug 27, 2018 | past
Our Pungent History: Sweat, Perfume, and the Scent of Death (2016) (collectorsweekly.com)
16 points by ohjeez on Aug 23, 2018 | past | 3 comments
Unusual Suspects: Finding the Humanity in Vintage Mugshots (collectorsweekly.com)
12 points by acdanger on July 25, 2018 | past | 3 comments
From Hospital Gowns to Couture: The Unlikely Origins of '60s Disposable Dresses (collectorsweekly.com)
25 points by pepys on July 15, 2018 | past | 2 comments
Hawaiian Style: The Roots of the Aloha Shirt (collectorsweekly.com)
111 points by ohjeez on July 10, 2018 | past | 73 comments
From Boy Geniuses to Mad Scientists: Americans and Science (2017) (collectorsweekly.com)
55 points by tintinnabula on June 29, 2018 | past | 16 comments
War and Prosthetics: How Veterans Fought for the Perfect Artificial Limb (2012) (collectorsweekly.com)
1 point by DoreenMichele on June 26, 2018 | past
The Great Wallpaper Rebellion: Defending Flamboyance in a World of White Walls (collectorsweekly.com)
38 points by hoffmannesque on June 10, 2018 | past | 53 comments
Love Boats: The Delightfully Sinful History of Canoes (2012) (collectorsweekly.com)
2 points by empath75 on June 9, 2018 | past
Joking Aside, Rube Goldberg Got Tech Right (collectorsweekly.com)
49 points by drjohnson on June 3, 2018 | past | 5 comments
How the Military Waged a Graphic-Design War on Venereal Disease (2015) (collectorsweekly.com)
1 point by DoreenMichele on April 15, 2018 | past
Quest for the Pez Holy Grail (2015) (collectorsweekly.com)
1 point by gscott on April 12, 2018 | past

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