Golden Gate Bridge, 1968
Turtle Personal Tank, 1952
Atomic-Powered Heating System for Building, 1952
Hal B. Hayes House, Hollywood California, 1953
Winchester .22 Model 52 Rifle Trigger Mechanism Cutaway, 1951
Hand Grenade Cutaway Drawing, 1951
B-24 Liberator Bomber Cutaway Drawing, 1943
Colt .45 Automatic Pistol Cutaway, 1951
This is what a generic 1950s hand grenade looks like, cut in half. The only difference between the two versions of the hand grenade is that the second one shows the safety pin ring removed and the safety lever raised. Thus, the striker (circled) is allowed to rotate and light the timed fuse.
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Hand Grenade Cutaway Drawing 1951
Source: Popular Science November 1951
Even though development of the Lark began during World War II, it was not finished in time to assist U.S. troops. Development picked up again during 1946-1950, and it was used mainly for testing at sea.
The real soul of the Lark was in its “brain”: a set of guidance controls (shown on the cutaway), which made this 1,200 pound missile the “first U.S. surface-to-air missile ever to intercept a moving air target,” according to the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum.
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Lark Ground to Air Guided Missile 1950
Illustration by Ray Quigley shows an anti-sub device from 1950 termed “the hedgehog.”
It lobbed multiple depth charges all at once at the presumed submarine location. Charges were slightly angled so that they would land in a spreadout, scattershot pattern, covering a wider range.
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Ship-Based Anti Submarine Defense Cutaway, 1950
Source: Popular Science March 1950
