Looking for old architectural or engineering blueprints

[Fresh Baked Printing]

Not screen printing related but I thought I would ask here anyway. Anybody have any old architectural or engineering blueprints they want to unload? I came across a collection of a Shell gas station blue prints from the 50's that are retro-cool! I'm hooked on old blue prints now. If you have some, give me a shout!

[Command-Z]

Interesting hobby you've found for yourself.

City archives might be a good place to look for that kind of thing.

You might also find this interesting... it's a good resource for illustrators:

http://www.the-blueprints.com/blueprints/

[Frog]

My next place to go would be an old, established architectural firm.

[squeezee]

I live in an old railway town and we found the technical drawings of an old steam engine, it was really beautifully drawn.

[ebscreen]

I've got the drawings and schematics for a 1970's M&M flatstock press, somewhere.

[mk162]

You can break into the courthouse in san antonio and try to steal them...or just run through the halls with a judge's gavel.

Squeezee, can you post a pic of that?  I would love to see it.

[squeezee]

I'll get a few pics, it's about 5'x3'

[Fresh Baked Printing]

I'll get a few pics, it's about 5'x3'

I missed a cool one on ebay of a locomotive/cars. The ones I bought were a quarter for a big stack of them from a local garage sale. The tattered edges even make them better. No repros.
I'm not a collector of anything but these vintage prints are pretty cool and works of art.
If anybody has some in their grandparents attic, let me know. I'm just buying what I can for me, not for resale.
Back in the day, I was a machinist when they came out hand drawn and lettered and wet and blue for a reason. Now they're printed in seconds, never have been touched by a person until someone needs to remove them from the printer.

I remember one particular print as a machinist that noted verbatim "If it don't look like this, (a free hand perspective drawing in the margins) stop!".

[bryan]

i have a friend that asked me to help find a value and sell an original set of seattle space needle blueprints. any ideas??