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Boot Scrapers: Przemyśl

Areta — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 16:30:12 +0000

It was in Przemyśl, a small Galician city situated today in Poland near the Ukrainian border, that I first discovered what a boot scraper was and where my love for these remnants of the past began. I had first seen these odd metal objects in Lviv, but hadn’t given them […]

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The Forgotten Boot Scrapers of Lviv

Areta — Fri, 04 Aug 2017 16:48:39 +0000

Many years ago I started noticing strange-looking metal objects near certain doors in Lviv. I didn’t give them much thought until I saw one in Przemyśl, Poland, and my friend told me what it was: a boot scraper. Little did I know that this was the start of a new […]

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Boot Scrapers in Oxford

Areta — Mon, 08 May 2017 10:02:24 +0000

In addition to its abundance of beautiful architecture, famous colleges and courtyards, spires, museums, and canals, Oxford also has its fair share of lovely boot scrapers. In a quiet residential area, I stumbled across a long street filled with boot scrapers — almost every one with a unique shape. But they […]

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Relics in Belgrade

Areta — Mon, 29 Aug 2016 16:27:09 +0000

Serbia’s capital changed hands dozens of times in the past few centuries: Ottoman/Austrian rule 16th–19th centuries Ottoman/Serbian rule 1804–1878 Serbian rule 1878–1914 Austro-Hungarian/Serbian rule 1914–18 Kingdom of Serbia 1918 Yugoslav Kingdom 1918–1941 Nazi/Croatian rule 1941–1944 Yugoslav Republic 1944–1991 I found some relics from Austrian rule, namely antique roller shutters made […]

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Boot Scrapers: Stockholm

Areta — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 11:01:31 +0000

An interesting type of book scraper which I haven’t seen before hese are hinged so they can be kept upright and out of the way when not being used Chained to the corner of the door

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Remnants of the Past in Linz

Areta — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 08:17:38 +0000

Boot Scrapers Conscriptions Numbers Guard Stones Various

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Remnants of the Past in Klosterneuburg

Areta — Mon, 10 Aug 2015 08:41:36 +0000

Traces of the past in Klosterneuburg, an ancient town right outside of Vienna. Boot Scraper Guard Stones Hoisting Beam for Lifting Goods Building Number and Conscription Number Metal Shutter

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Boot Scraper and Anti-Toilet in Prague

Areta — Mon, 04 May 2015 15:15:33 +0000

Two types of forgotten methods of urban sanitation:

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Baltimore’s Boot Scrapers

Areta — Sun, 12 Oct 2014 11:47:15 +0000

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Boot Scrapers: Annapolis

Areta — Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:55:07 +0000

Annapolis is chock-full of boot scrapers! Annapolis, Maryland, a historic city situated on the Chesapeake Bay, was founded in 1649. It has the highest concentration of 18th-century brick Georgian architecture in the United States and lots of period metal boot scrapers. One article reads, “Old brick and wood, working shutters on […]

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