#cosmorama — Public Fediverse posts
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Oh, look! A love letter to London's "Cosmorama"—because who needs Rightmove when you have a 19th-century slideshow of real estate dreams? 🤦♂️ It's the Zillow of yesteryear, now only remembered by people with a fetish for obsolete tech and musty #nostalgia. 🏚️
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/before-rightmove-there-was-the-cosmorama-londons-forgotten-property-innovation-91687/ #Cosmorama #RealEstate #ObsoleteTech #LondonHistory #19thCentury #HackerNews #ngated -
Before Rightmove, there was the Cosmorama
Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49260268
#HackerNews #Cosmorama #Rightmove #Property #Innovation #London #History
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🔍🏛️ A #study from the University of #Exeter shows that as early as the 1830s, a #London #realestate firm called Brooks and Hedger used cosmoramas to sell high-end estates.
A #cosmorama was a gallery of #paintings viewed through a magnifying lens, giving the illusion of depth and depth of field. Artists hand-painted bird’s-eye views of each listing, offering buyers an early “virtual tour” more than a century before the #internet.
👉 https://www.popsci.com/technology/19th-century-real-estate-peeopshow-preview/
#history #1800s #19thcentury #tech #technology #innovation #culture #victorianera #art #science #zillow
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The Cosmorama : a 19thC Estate Agent’s Innovative Approach to Selling Luxury Properties
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University of Exeter: Historic discovery finds 19th-century estate agent used peepshow technology to create proto version of Rightmove. “A 19th-century estate agent created the world’s first version of Rightmove more than 160 years before the birth of online property previews. Brooks and Green, a high-end estate agent based in Old Bond Street, London, used an early form of immersive visual […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/07/university-of-exeter-historic-discovery-finds-19th-century-estate-agent-used-peepshow-technology-to-create-proto-version-of-rightmove/ -
Empty Calories and Male Curiosity by Ted McLoof
A resonant collection of stories that channels the longings and discontents of the slow drift toward adulthood in suburban New Jersey
The post Empty Calories and Male Curiosity by Ted McLoof appeared first on Independent Book Review.
https://independentbookreview.com/2026/05/08/empty-calories-and-male-curiosity-by-ted-mcloof/#bookreview #bookblog #Cosmorama #EmptyCaloriesandMaleCuriosity #indieauthor
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#PlanetariumBerlin:
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Vom Radio ins Podcast-Universum: Sendung »Cosmorama« der Stiftung Planetarium Berlin und FluxFM jetzt auch als Podcast verfügbar
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https://www.planetarium.berlin/presse/podcast-cosmorama26.9.2024
#Cosmorama #FluxFM #Podcast #Radio #SchønleinMedia #Universum #Weltraum