Science Class

Vintage German Educational Charts that were illustrated in the 1950s and 60s.
They were produced by a company that has been producing scientifically accurate educational charts since 1929.Their charts are printed in six to ten colors by hand toensure vibrant color and intricate detail.

Over the weekend Eric and I spent time with his Mom and her husband Bill as well as Eric's brother Steve and his lady Julia. After an intense weekend of going out and seeing sights and eating way to much food we were walking down Atlantic Ave in Brooklyn on our way back from an exciting trip to Target and we stopped into this industrial/Vintage store. It was like a throw back to being in science class in elementary/middle school (probably further than that but my little Delmar's schools liked to keep their educational tools on the vintage side since the budget was always in question). Aside from the black topped Science Class "Lab Tables" we saw these awesome pull down charts. Do you remember those at the top of the black board?! There was always at least the map along of North America with a bunch of spindles of other bit and pieces of learning. I loved those, and have very fond memories of the edges of the tearing since someone (i.e. 8 year old kids) would not understand that if you pulled a paper chart down from the top as hard as you could then the result would be that the area where it was attached to the wooden dowel would not fair very well. We saw these Science charts (pictured) and thought they would be the coolest addition to the apt. We inquired with the sales associate how much one of these beautiful charts would be (there was one of a mouse and one of a fish we that we took a particular interest to) she came back to us with the price tag: $400-600. Right, thanks but no thanks. Then we started to take a look at the tags attached to everything and slowly realized that even if we pawned everything we owned... we would still not have enough to buy a lamp desk. (did i mention it was an old vintage rusty lamp desk which was probably found in an abandoned factory) so we left with a heavy heart that our pretty find would not be taken home and proudly displayed. Then Eric got the idea to check ebay. We found the same posters/charts (but not the same animals- which is really the only think that is holding us back from ordering them- i would much rather hang something that we are both interested in rather than just anything on the wall) well we found them on ebay for a whopping price of $50.00. Are you serious, this made me want to go back to the store and slap the lady for having the nerve to try to up sell these things like that. I hope people are smart enough to just ebay it and not support that lunacy for apartment style.

During our search I did come across the coolest thing ever that i have already decided I am putting it on my birthday/christmas list:

It's a natural bone pigeon skeleton. This specimen has been expertly prepared and bleached. The specimen is mounted in a natural pose. All the critical parts are numbered to make identification simple. A key card is included. This specimen is mounted on an attractive lucite base with a sealed clear acrylic cover. The pharyngeal bones are removed and mounted separately for closer examination.