Replica Stock Tickers
On an octagonal pedestal, spewing out incomprehensible babble (well, it may as well be in tongues, to me) and clicking and clacking under a glass dome, a replica stock ticker, such as seen at the Stock Ticker Company just makes me ache to look at such beautiful archaic machinery. Though the last mechanical stock ticker was officially made only quite recently (a horrid looking beige box thing, as many things are these days) historical stock tickers could look utterly amazing. I particularly like the Edison Stock Ticker Transmitter for sheer loveliness and Steampunk sheen.
Thank you so much to Dr von Zarkof on the forums for pointing these out. For much bigger photographs, do check out the press page where they have perfectly huge TIFF files. Ogle to your hearts content!