Two Story Duplex Pullman Rail Car Cutaway, 1932
In 1932, the time of this cutaway, this two-story Pullman berth intended to offer four rooms: two up and two down. Each […]
Author: Lee Wallender
Deception, influence, fakes, illusions, themed environments, simulations, secret places, secret infrastructure, imagined places, dreamscapes, movie sets and props, evasions, camouflage, studio backlots, miniatures.
Radio City Music Hall Cutaway, 1930
When this cutaway first appeared, the intended structure was still called the International Music Hall, as part of Rockefeller Center, New York, […]
Jim Creek Naval Radio Station Illustration 1950
Artist unknown, as this was a tossed-off illustration in the middle of a Popular Science, but what interested me: This is one […]
Ship-Based Anti Submarine Defense Cutaway, 1950
Illustration by Ray Quigley shows an anti-sub device from 1950 termed “the hedgehog.” It lobbed multiple depth charges all at once at […]
Railroad Boxcar Sweeper Arm Cutaway, 1950
This unusual device, made by Stephens-Adamson Co. of Los Angeles, CA, reached deep into boxcars that had loose contents and swept the […]
Photo-Realistic Transparent Movie Set Backdrop, 1950
For most of movie history, set backdrops had been opaque (non-transparent) sheets of fabric stitched together to form larger, set-sized sheets. In […]
Arctic Wanigan Cutaway, 1950
The “wanigan” was an 8 x 24 foot mobile caboose that was attached to the back of Arctic explorers’ tracked wagon trains. […]
Dry-Land Submarine Trainer, 1950
Its proper name was the Mark VII Attack Teacher and it was housed in a 3 story building in New London, CT. […]
Deep Diver “Ferry” Submarine Cutaway, 1967
A gorgeous late 1960s cutaway from Pierre Mion for the “Deep Diver,” a ferry submarine designed by Edwin A. Link and built […]
Inflatable Vietnam War-Era Quonset Hut Cutaway, 1967
This Quonset hut-style hospital was kept inflated by compressed air from a utility unit. Standing 20 x 52 feet, this portable hospital’s […]