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Here is the first Retrossance.com desktop wallpaper, with hopefully more to come in the future.

Reminisce, “the magazine that brings back the good times,” is the ultimate magazine of bygone American culture. For over 15 years this magazine has featured stories, photos, and recollections of the past. And the best thing about it? All the content comes from it’s readers.

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1955 Delco-GM Radio Clock Speaker for a dashboard of a bygone vehicle.

Here is a great example of retro design.  This stylish clock is integrated into the car speaker.  Perfect for a vintage car restoration or a neat DIY project!

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There are two parallel housing movements that I have been thinking about recently. The first is “Tiny Houses” and the other is “Low-Impact” homes. Both have admirable merits and a friend of mine mentioned that it reminded him of the “prairie homesteaders” that passed through here in the early days of the U.S. advance to the west.

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Green TV Guide (aka Watersana) released a video of John Ward discussing thoughts on ecological degradation and past Utopian ideals back on November 30th, 2006.

I came across this video by chance because it mentions “Henry Dreyfuss” but found the whole thing very interesting. The video is titled “‘Are Your Dogs Warm?” and aside from thoughts on global warning, Jack suggests that apathy for both the past and future has lead to many of our “less than ideal” conditions of today.

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