July 10, 2017November 5, 20181960s, Movie Sets (Exterior), Movie Sets (Interior), Simulated Places, Themed Environments Planet of the Apes (1968) Set Design Depicting a harsh and dystopian world (at least for the humans), “Planet of the Apes” has become an unlikely film franchise spanning […]
March 10, 2017April 25, 20261960s, ApexUSA, Fantastic Living, Themed Environments Monsanto House of the Future: When Our Future Was Made of Plastics Built in Disneyland in 1957 as a joint project between Disneyland, Monsanto, and MIT, the House of the Future was constructed of […]
March 9, 2017March 9, 20171950s, 1960s, ApexUSA Screw You, Food Court! When Department Store Restaurants Reigned Anybody who is under a certain age will not remember how mall department stores once ruled the retail roost. Before their peak […]
March 6, 2017March 6, 20171960s, People You've Never Heard Of Johnny Cash Has Five Minutes to Live! He’s a goddamn door-to-door maniac! He’s a milky faced, baby-faced cruel psychopath of a guitar-strumming KILLER. It’s our favorite warbler–Johnny Cash, in […]
March 6, 2017May 31, 20211960s, People You've Never Heard Of, Where Did This Person Go? Twilight Zone: “We All Know What Became of Bonnie Beecher” And I chose Bonnie Beecher, and we all know what became of Bonnie Beecher. William Froug, in The Twilight Zone Companion, by […]
December 10, 2013July 8, 20171960s, Movie Sets (Interior), Simulated Places The Day Mission: Impossible Invaded The Brady Bunch House One of the best things about fictional environments is that we can project our dreams on them. And kids of the 1970s […]
April 5, 20131960s, Bridges Golden Gate Bridge, 1968 It’s a pretty fanciful look at a double-decker Golden Gate Bridge that never happened. The neighboring Oakland Bay Bridge is double-decker, but […]
February 27, 2013February 27, 20131960s, Pierre Mion, Submarines 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 […]
February 27, 2013February 27, 20131960s, Military Structures 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 […]
February 25, 2013February 26, 20131960s, Vehicles Pickup Truck Camper Cutaway, 1967 This pickup truck camper was pretty state-of-the-art stuff for RVs in the late 1960s. It had a pass-through to the cab; 12v […]