Feb
7
Fifties Paint
Filed by mrbill Under Resources, Retro, Utilities | 1 Comment
The great site Populuxe Books has posted scans of original 1950s DuPont and Sherwin-Williams paint color swatches to their blog.
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Oct
2
Apparently the P-trap that I bought, the nuts and compression fittings that came with it, and the old “waste pipe” and nut on it were all crap. When I assembled everything, there were leaks where the nuts and compression fittings held things together. We gave up and called someone who does this for [...]
Oct
1
Adventures in Plumbing
Filed by mrbill Under House, Houston, Utilities | Leave a Comment
I went to go remove the P-trap under the “blue bathroom” sink, to clear
out a clog and fix a slow drain. In the process of unscrewing the nut
(which appeared to be original ‘57), it disintegrated. [...]
May
20
I’ve put up more telephone pictures at Flickr. The red one is my favorite so far.
May
18
More Living Better Electrically
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I found another Live Better Electrically medallion on eBay, this one looks a little newer than the one I found in the garage. I took pictures.
I’m also starting to take pictures of the vintage Touch-Tone telephones that I’m buying off eBay to replace the “modern” junk they sell nowdays.
I’m a firm believer [...]
Feb
6
Live Better Electrically
Filed by mrbill Under House, Houston, Pictures, Utilities | 3 Comments
I found this on the garage wall, painted over and dark with 48 years of tarnish. Twenty minutes of scrubbing later (click for bigger/other pictures), we have:
After some Internet searching, I found details here:
To keep demand high, the electrical industry launched the Live Better Electrically, or LBE, campaign in March 1956. It was supported [...]