Tech Collection

The Mac Classic II was the last generation of Apple's line of all-in-one personal computers that began with the original Macintosh 128k released in 1984. By 1993, the Classic II boasted a massive 6.9-inch...

In the late 1960s, colour TV was the ultimate status symbol—and if your family had one, your living room became the neighbourhood cinema. Our CBC Retro TV & Butterfly Logo...

Back in the '70s, we didn’t binge-watch—we just… stopped watching. Our Good Night fine art print features a vintage 1970s television set with a colourful test pattern and a simple...

  Before electric and rechargeable power tools became the norm—and before modern plastics replaced wood and steel—tools were built differently. The antique mechanic’s tools featured in this piece weren’t just...

  Long before electric and rechargeable power tools became commonplace—and before modern plastics replaced wood and steel—tools like those featured in our Antique Carpentry Tools art print were built with...

Before electric—and later rechargeable—power tools became the norm, a sharp crosscut hand saw was one of a carpenter’s most prized possessions. These tools weren’t just functional objects built for hard...

Back in my 80s college days, I blew a lot of my part-time income on 8-bit arcade games down at my favourite beer hall. Ok, so I may have blown...

When Pong was first released in 1972, it was one of the pioneers of modern video gaming. Along with other later game classics like Space Invaders, Tank, and Star Raiders,...

  When Space Invaders was first released in 1978, it was one of the pioneers of modern video gaming. Along with other arcade classics like Pong, Tank and Star Raiders,...

  Back in the 90s when video games were making a major leap to 32- and 64-bit technology, some were quoted as saying the consoles and controllers “did for the gaming industry what...

It’s hard to imagine a time when we didn’t carry a smartphone in our pocket. Portable cell technology really exploded in the 2000s, changing the way we communicate, work, and...

Peter Lymburner Robertson was demonstrating a spring-loaded screwdriver when the blade slipped from the screw slot and badly cut his hand. Rather than accept the flaw, he set out to...

Compact cameras like this first appeared in the 1930s, bringing photography to everyday people in a way that had never been possible before. This particular model—the Brownie Six-20 Target—was produced...

The Brownie No. 2 Folding Camera was introduced in 1915 and remained in production until 1926. Built in large numbers at Kodak’s Toronto factory, cameras like this helped make photography...

Our Star Wars Retro Polaroid: Instant Classic art print takes you back to the era when instant cameras were less about image quality and more about pure fun. They captured...

Toronto was once home to major typewriter manufacturers like the Underwood Elliot Fisher Ltd. facility, where this 1950s Vintage Underwood Typewriter (circa 1951) was built. Today, the machine lives on...

Tractor manufacturing has deep roots in Canadian history. When James G. Cockshutt founded the Brantford Plow Works in 1877, the company would go on to build rugged farm machinery that...

Hey, who says AM radio isn’t cool? If Quebec-born inventor Reginald Fessenden could see this piece paying tribute to his groundbreaking 1906 amplitude-modulated radio invention, we think he’d agree that...

  “Mr. Watson, come here, I want you.” When Brantford, Ontario inventor Alexander Graham Bell spoke those famous words into his experimental telephone on March 10, 1876, it marked the...

Peter Lymburner Robertson was demonstrating a spring-loaded screwdriver when the blade slipped from the screw slot and badly cut his hand. Rather than accept the flaw, he decided to invent...