Showing posts with label retro-future. Show all posts
Showing posts with label retro-future. Show all posts

July 12, 2009

December 10, 2008

Vintage Magazines: Google Search



The excellent Modern Mechanix blog points out that over at Google Book Search you can now find "full indexed scans of every Popular Science and Popular Mechanics issue online". This is great of course but they don't have Modern Mechanix (yet anyway) so don't forget to visit the Modern Mechanix blog.

September 7, 2008

Cartoon: Rhapsody of Steel




Rhapsody of Steel
In this post from January ASIFA said: "Today we scanned a read-along storybook adaptation of John Sutherland's industrial film, Rhapsody of Steel (1959). Sutherland's studio was very influential in the mid-1950s, employing some of the best designers in the business. This film is no exception."

There is also a QuickTime link in the post!

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May 14, 2008

Transportation: Yesterday's Airports of Today


"This is a 1935 model for an underground air terminal. After landing, aircraft would go underground to various levels for passengers, maintenance, and cargo loading. Connections to ground transportation are at the lowest level."

Quote and image from The Smithsonian website - America by Air.


Via BibliOdyssey

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