Progress is fine, but it's gone on for too long.

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Friday, November 6, 2026

We used to make things in this country,#382 IEL Pioneer chainsaw

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   This is another pre-diaphragm carburetor chainsaw. In this design, the engine and bar remain solidly connected while the tank and carbure...

Scandinavian American, 1913

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   S.S.  Frederik VIII  of the Scandinavian-American Line, originally painted by artist Ferdinand Worms (1859–1939).    The  Frederik VIII ...

OEC Four 1934

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 A proposed 4 cylinder motorcycle by the Osborne Engineering Company, the prototype was not completed in time for the show. The engine was a...
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Thursday, November 5, 2026

General Electric Electronic Toys

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  Here's a GE Model 186-3 toy record player. It came with a 78 rpm record of nursery rhymes, to match the printed illustrations on the s...
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Wednesday, November 4, 2026

School projects

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 This tool was offered at an antique market, it was described as a school project. It's a different type of a project, as the big one (a...

Different times, indeed

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 This was found in a 1970s fishing industry newsletter which did this as a "retrospective".  The caption at the bottom says it all...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Observation car in Quebec City, 1935

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Open grandstand-style trolley car for sightseeing.  
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Kawasaki A1 Samurai 250

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 Nice survivor...
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Monday, November 2, 2026

Tailoring shears

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  Now that's a pair of scissors! Heavy and about a foot long, the handles are beautifully formed to fit the operators right hand.  On t...

1950 Buick hood ornament

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Looking like a gun or bomb crosshair sight.  More comment here, Michigan Work History.  
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