WebUrbanist | Archived Articles on History & Factoids

History is everything that came before, so WebUrbanist fans reading this section are bound to find all kinds of offbeat urban facts and city histories, not to mention everything else from times past that did not seem to fit neatly into another category. Please enjoy this hodgepodge collection of unusual odds and uncanny ends.

It's Terminal: A Dozen Scenes of Early Office Computing

The introduction of computers began at the workplace and, chunky and clunky as they might have been, they were a revelation at the time. Let's look back and get digital with early office computers!

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Creative Neckties and Innovative Tie Designs

Neckties... every guy's got at least one, few guys enjoy wearing them. As an essential accessory for business and formal occasions yet with no real function of their own, the necktie is the bane of many a working stiff.

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Loco Motives: Steamin' Hot Prototype & Concept Trains

These ambitious concept trains move beyond the dream of steam to a new world of locomotive power. Clear the track, the train is back!

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Dynamic Soarers: Brilliant Prototype & Concept Airplanes

These incredible concept aircraft may only lift our imaginations, but in that respect they succeed... brilliantly.

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The History of Modern Street-Art and Graffiti

A look back through centuries of history at how Graffiti has evolved since the first cave-paintings.

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Exposed: 15 Incredible Vehicle Cutaways for Undercover Lovers

Vehicle cutaways are a very special kind of art that lays bare a driving machine's inner workings for prying eyes to see... without all the messy prying with crowbars and such.

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20 Outstanding & Outrageous Concept Cars from Car-dom's Golden Age

These outstanding, outlandish and outrageous concept cars show what direction automotive design might have taken if automakers had followed their dreams instead of listening to the bean counters.

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A Series of Tubes: Pneumatic Networks Past, Present & Futurama

Long before the Internet was a glimmer in Al Gore's eye, a different series of tubes helped shuttle messages from one place to another, seemingly by magic.

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A Blast from Cinema Past: Retro Movie Posters

Ever since there have been movies, there have been bold and creative movie posters to draw viewers into the theaters.

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Master Blasters: Science Fiction Weapons to Die For

Mostly harmless? I think not! Any aliens who receive our old TV and radio transmissions will be raising their tentacles in submission once they get a glimpse of sci-fi's greatest hitmen and their weapons of mass annihilation.

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History & Evolution of the Computer Mouse

The pip-squeak of peripherals has come a long way since 1964 when the first mouse - made of wood - crawled across our desktops and into our hearts.

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Brutalism to Postmodern:Concrete Architecture

Concrete construction has been used at least as far back as the Roman Empire. In the modern age, the overuse of concrete has created a mixed reputation (no pun intended).

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Retrofuturistic Ads: Selling a Brighter Tomorrow

These 15 retrofuturistic ads showcase one of advertising's most time-tested traits: convincing the target market a better, brighter future can be theirs TODAY.

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Retrofuture Rides: Never-Produced Vehicles

Concept cars, dream machines and technology-packed prototypes give us hints of what the future holds. Here are 15 that have not, though they live on in our imaginations.

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Traveling in Time: Evolution of the Suitcase

From buckskin packs to steamer trunks to carbon fiber carry-ons, the story of the suitcase parallels the explosion of travel and tourism..

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