# Retro: where can I go online when I'm in a retro mood? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2010, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-where-can-i-go-online-when-im-in-a-retro-mood/539153 "2010-05-12T09:05:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-where-can-i-go-online-when-im-in-a-retro-mood/539153/1 "2010-05-12T09:05:15Z")
In the early days of the web there was a site called (I think) [RetroActive.com](http://RetroActive.com) (nothing but GoDaddy ads there now) that had some pretty neat postwar stuff – ads, articles, fashion, what have you. It was the bees knees. [Lileks.com](http://Lileks.com) used to be hip, but lately been sputtering, it seems to me. It’s a drag, daddy-o. So where can a hep cat go when he’s in a retro mood, dig? ---
**Author:** ![Superhal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Superhal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superhal)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-where-can-i-go-online-when-im-in-a-retro-mood/539153/2 "2010-05-12T09:16:37Z")
[politedissent.com](http://politedissent.com) does bits from old comics. You might also want to try “\ museum” to see older stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-where-can-i-go-online-when-im-in-a-retro-mood/539153/3 "2010-05-12T10:01:56Z")
Search for “midcentury modern” for fueniture, art & architecture from the Atomic Age. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-where-can-i-go-online-when-im-in-a-retro-mood/539153/4 "2010-05-12T10:48:52Z")
Tales of Future Past, is one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-where-can-i-go-online-when-im-in-a-retro-mood/539153/5 "2010-05-12T11:21:25Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > Search for “midcentury modern” for fueniture, art & architecture from the Atomic Age. [modhaus.com](http://modhaus.com) is one of my fave browsing sites for atomic age artifacts. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-where-can-i-go-online-when-im-in-a-retro-mood/539153/6 "2010-05-12T14:25:12Z")
[Google News Archive](http://news.google.com/archivesearch) for old newspapers. Some free archives: [Spartanburg, SC](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=SFOYbPikdlgC&dat=19500101&b_mode=2) [Sumpter, SC](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=xUT3DyvLuJwC&dat=19601001&b_mode=2) [Rock Hill, SC](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uHQrz-U2knEC&dat=19500102&b_mode=2) [Henderson, NC](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=JVJ6OkSwpHsC&dat=19510101&b_mode=2) [Lexington, NC](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Itmi1h0dExoC&dat=19500102&b_mode=2) [West Palm Beach, FL](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=mq6pegT_rlEC&dat=19500101&b_mode=2) [Montreal, PQ (English)](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=Fr8DH2VBP9sC&dat=19500102&b_mode=2) [Eugene, OR](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=4pF9x-cDGsoC&dat=19500101&b_mode=2) [Spokane, WA](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0klj8wIChNAC&dat=19500101&b_mode=2) [Toledo, OH](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=8_tS2Vw13FcC&dat=19510130&b_mode=2) [Florence, AL](http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=ie8Y0QrpMWAC&dat=19501226&b_mode=2) Happy browsing! ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-where-can-i-go-online-when-im-in-a-retro-mood/539153/7 "2010-05-13T09:43:43Z")
[Vintage Christmas 1945–1970](http://www.flickr.com/groups/vintagechristmas/pool/) [Retro Records](http://www.flickr.com/groups/52240935629@N01/) ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-where-can-i-go-online-when-im-in-a-retro-mood/539153/8 "2010-05-13T14:49:53Z")
[The Fedora Lounge](http://www.thefedoralounge.com/index.php). ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2010, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-where-can-i-go-online-when-im-in-a-retro-mood/539153/9 "2010-05-13T14:51:30Z")
Turn off the computer and go to the library. Now _that’s_ retro! 😉