Of Interest (Collections): 8.11.2009

+ The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies features photos and descriptions of little-used-anymore art and drafting supplies. Not sure all of these are really "forgotten" - I still use rubber cement from time to time, and correction tape daily at work. Plus, my Dad still has some of these supplies stashed away - the drafting related tools - from his civil engineering career. Nonetheless, lots of cool little gadgets to check out. (And I would love to find a stash of Letraset on eBay someday!)

+ Google has just added the entirely (digitized and searchable) run of the Village Voice dating back to 1955 online at their News Archive Search. It's scanned images of each page, so you get to see all the advertising as well! Can't wait to look at some of the "For Rent" listings in 1958.

+ I was initially extremely excited about Duke University's new Ad Views: A Digital Archive of Vintage Television Commercials online collection, but then discovered that it requires iTunes software to work. I want to explore this collection, but I refuse to download additional software (not just a browser plug-in like Flash that has little or no effect on your actual computer) to do so. View at your own discretion.

+ GOOD Magazine is a periodical that will hopefully hang around for a while longer than many indie magazines. GOOD does entertaining, amazingly detailed, and comprehensive infographics, which they call "Transparencies". The Transparencies Archive is available on Flickr. [Plus, GOOD just had a blog post entitled "Why Do We Hate the Word 'Moist'?", which makes them a must-read.]