Arthur Tress: Best Photographer You’ve Never Heard Of
His name doesn’t provoke instant recognition to the photo layperson like Diane Arbus’ name does, but Arthur Tress has been diligently putting […]
Category: Periods
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Alex Prager’s Cinematic Dreamspaces
I will not name the well-established artist who I’m sure Alex Prager’s work is often compared to, but I will say that, like […]
Golden Age of the Intercom
Remember the great age of home intercoms? I don’t either! That’s because in the 1960s and 1970s, home intercoms were not found […]
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 […]
Tiki Torch: See How This Icon of Mid-Century Polynesian Pop Culture Started
The Tiki Torch is both older and newer than you might think. It’s newer in the sense that the tiki torch–or let’s […]
Radio City Music Hall Stage Cutaway, 1950
Fantastic cutaway of New York’s Radio City Music Hall stage in 1950, showing the 57 foot pistons that operate the three stage […]
Fantastic Department Store Cutaway, 1950s
Yet another mind-blowing cutaway from master illustrator Frank Soltesz. Few people realize that half of a department store is devoted to areas […]
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 […]
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 […]
Oh, Those Germans! Insane Method of Transporting Deathly Ill Sailors in 1905
Sure, the idea of going back in the past has its temptations. Hobnobbing with a young Einstein. Enjoying the pleasures of Gay […]