Mid-century classic gadgets photo-set

Posted by Cory Doctorow, November 14, 2007 6:07 PM | permalink

Kyle Supley's Flickr stream contains a drool-inducing set of classic mid-century gadgets and furnishings, including this 1950s teal lamp with an alarm clock set into the phone-dial and a cigarette lighter hidden in the handset. Link (via Watchismo)

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#1 posted by AR , November 15, 2007 12:36 AM

From my point of view, this retro-trend is quite nice...

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#2 posted by luvtosurf , November 15, 2007 2:16 AM

Now, some of this stuff is worth a lot of money. Too bad I didn't save a lot of my gadgets, etc

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#3 posted by Ari B.

, November 15, 2007 6:34 AM

It's a phone with a lamp, alarm clock and cigarette lighter built in, and people think cellphones have a lot of unneeded gadgetry built in? :-)

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#4 posted by Brendan West

, November 15, 2007 6:37 AM

Unless I'm interpreting the picture wrong, the lighter aspect is heating coils underneath the speaker plate?

So you could burn your face off while on the phone?

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#5 posted by celestialcereal , November 15, 2007 6:41 AM

I totally went to high school with this guy! He used to wear those crazy platform shoes every day, most people thought he was nuts. Glad to see he is still saving (and adding to) his collection.

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#6 posted by TheFirstMan , November 15, 2007 7:47 AM

I want that. More than life.

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#7 posted by Practical Archivist

, November 15, 2007 7:59 AM

For over fifteen years I've worked jobs that brought delightful anachronisms into my life. But I have NEVER seen ANYTHING like this treasure:

"Wooden cigarette box from China, with dancing cigarettes, lighter, blinking and alternating colored lightbulbs, music box and alternating lit image on front."

P.S. I gotta start saving for one of those neat-o sunburst clocks.

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#8 posted by The Unusual Suspect , November 15, 2007 8:21 AM

My wife would kill for 15 minutes alone in this house with a large sack.

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#9 posted by Sam the Duck

, November 15, 2007 9:21 AM

Kyle, it seems, is also "Ambassador" to the City Reliquary, and absolutely incredible museum in Williamsburg, Brooklyn ('hood of the Zombie Yoga featured on BBTV). Check it out here: http://www.cityreliquary.org/