Riverview Sanatarium was built in a remote location in 1913 near Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. The facility stands at the top of a lush tree-covered hill, overlooking 1000 acres of steaming peat bogs and thick woodlands. The grounds were planted as an arboretum by English gardeners brought to Canada to…
As a young boy I was fascinated by sci-fi movies and all the fantastic things depicted in them. One thing that always frightened me in such movies was robots. I found the idea so disturbing that a machine could move about at will, or that a machine could have an…
I found this old typewriter in an antique store and was immediately attracted to the graphic patterns of the keys and actuation mechanisms. I wondered about the history of the typewriter, who used it, and what was written on it. Were they imaginative stories, love letters, exploration of history, inspiring…