Directory of Out of the Ordinary Resources

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This category is for collecting sites that just really don't fit in any other category. It contains collecting related sites that are strange, odd, unusual or just simply unique. Included in this category is information about the acquisition, display, identification, and conservation of these collections and online displays of collections.

Subcategories

• Air Sickness Bags
• Locks

Resources in This Category

• Backscratcher

  http://www.members.tripod.com/Gideon_Weiss/
  Collection of more than 130 Backscratchers.

• Brick Collecting

  http://brickcollecting.com/
  The history of brick making especially in the Hudson River, NY area; includes information on identification of Hudson Valley and New England brick.

• Bryan's Rubber Band Ball

  http://rubberbandball.5u.com/
  Pictures, statistics and guest book.

• Cabin Safety Cards

  http://www.angelfire.com/empire/an887/
  A list of safety cards collected from airliners around the world.

• Celebrating the Tidyman logo

  http://tidymanlogo.wordpress.com/
  The Tidyman is the icon found on product packaging which encourages people to dispose of the packaging after use. Increasingly, graphic designers are using creative variations of the standard logo on packaging. This site is a collection of these logos.

• Cliff Muskiet's Stewardess Uniform Collection

  http://www.uniformfreak.com/
  Thumbnailed photograph galleries of uniforms worn by airline staff.

• Coachbuilt Prams

  http://www.freewebs.com/coachbuiltprams/
  A collection of coach built prams or baby carriages and their restoration. Lots of images and descriptions.

• Collecting Crest & Monogram Albums

  http://homepage.eircom.net/~lawe/
  A personal site exploring and presenting research findings on the forgotten pastime of crest and monogram albums. Presented by Edward J Law.

• Collectspace.com

  http://www.collectspace.com/
  Source for information on space history, space artifacts, and space memorabilia. Learn where astronauts will appear, browse collecting guides, and read original space history-related daily reports.

• Covers To Discover

  http://www.covers-to-discover.com/
  A picture collection about manhole covers. Accepts submissions. [English and French].

• Fish Posters of the World

  http://www.fishposters.com/
  Photos, links and other information on all sorts of fish posters.

• Flashlight Museum

  http://www.wordcraft.net/flashlight.html
  History of flashlights and images of flashlights with information.

• FlashlightMuseum.com

  http://www.flashlightmuseum.com/
  Online museum of antique, classic and new flashlights.

• Frogs Collectors' Corner

  http://www.frogs.it/
  Around 100 frogs, from all around the world, with images.

• Gin Traps

  http://qsl.net/2e0waw/gintraps.htm
  An introduction to UK gin traps, including descriptions of variations and their uses.

• Global Lottery Collector's Society

  http://www.lotterycollectors.com/
  Lottery collecting enthusiasts who study and collect lottery tickets from around the world.

• Google Logos Collection

  http://www.logo-google.com/
  Official and unofficial Google logotypes collection.

• Handcuffs.org

  http://www.handcuffs.org/
  A collectors guide to vintage handcuffs, featuring a gallery of handcuffs and related restraints as well as feature articles on handcuff collecting, Houdini and his fellow escape artists of the past.

• Justbakelite

  http://home.iprimus.com.au/shanejackson/
  A brief biography on Leo Hendrik Baekeland with pictures of bakelite as well as links.

• Maytag Club

  http://www.maytagclub.com/
  A California and Federal Non-Profit Corporation Dedicated to the preservation of the Maytag History and restoration of their products.

• Menotomy Vintage Bicycles

  http://oldroads.com/
  Site contains two on-line vintage bicycle databases and 6 Discussion Areas with topics on vintage bicycle pricing, dating and restoration.

• My Bandaids

  http://mybandaids.tripod.com/
  This site contains images of an bandaid collection and a listing of the people that have made contributions to it.

• Old Organizers Collection

  http://old-organizers.com/
  Collection of monochrome organizers, text and graphic PDA's, older brothers of nowadays multimedia hand held devices.

• Oozin' Goo

  http://www.oozinggoo.com/
  Information about lava lamps including history and profile of the inventor, formulas for making your own lamps, a vintage lamp photo gallery, and link to message forum.

• Paper Watermarks

  http://www.watermarks.info/indexi.htm
  Collection of paper watermarks, with images and information about watermarks, and links to related resources. English and Español.

• Rubberband Man

  http://rubberbandman0.tripod.com/
  Provides information on starting a rubberband ball and has images of ongoing projects.

• Sands

  http://digilander.libero.it/tafa1/
  Sand collecting site. Offers to exchange samples of sand. Site is in Italian and English.

• Scratch Ticket Collecting

  http://www.scottware.com.au/tickets/index.htm
  Scotttie's Australian Lotology page.

• Snowmen Collection Cornelius Graetz

  http://www.snowmen-collection.com/
  All about the history of the snowman and the personal collection of Cornelius Graetz.

• Solid Perfume

  http://www.solidperfume.com/
  A free informational forum for collectors of solid perfume compacts. Includes a message board, searchable photo database and buying and selling area.

• Straitjacket Floats

  http://sjfloats.tripod.com/
  Collectors guide to straitjackets. A guide for Houdini fans everywhere.

• Straitjacket Page

  http://sj.blacksteel.com/
  Pictures, links, and sources related to straitjackets.

• Swingline Owner's Group

  http://www.vgg.com/swingline/
  Stapler collections.

• Talking Clocks

  http://www.talkingclocks.net/
  A collection of talking clocks. The site contains: photo galleries, some history of clocks that talk and interesting links about time.

• The Daily Newspaper Collection

  http://home.arcor.de/rluning/papcol.htm
  Individual collecting front pages of daily newspapers. The site contains the catalogue.

• The Sneaker Net

  http://www.thesneaker.net/
  Collection of over 150 sneakers (most of them Nike) - pictures.

• Tissue Box Cover Collection

  http://nkim2.tripod.com/tissue.html
  A collection of unusual tissue box covers.

• Treasure Jar

  http://www.treasure-jar.com/
  Dedicated to a family's collection of miscellaneous junk that is found on streets and sidewalks.

• Vintage Ceiling Fans

  http://www.vintageceilingfans.com/
  A collectors site about vintage ceiling fans, with images, descriptions and links.

• Whistle Museum

  http://www.whistlemuseum.com/
  Online Museum, dedicated to presenting and researching whistles and antique whistles devided by categories as : by function, by shape, by material, by manufacturers, by period and by region.

• Yossie's Handcuff Collection

  http://www.blacksteel.com/hcs/
  A personal collection of Handcuffs, Leg Irons, and other institutional and historical restraint devices. Includes resource links page, patent papers, function animations, and books.

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