British RAF Typhoon Fighter Cutaway Drawing, 1944
The RAF’s Typhoon was termed an “Engine With Wings” by Popular Science because of its 2,200 horsepower, 24 cylinder power plant–a […]
British R.A.F. Mosquito Cutaway Drawing, 1943
The R.A.F. Mosquito was a zippy, nimble aircraft, its fuselage built of plywood on a balsa wood core and its wings […]
Solar Home Cutaway Drawing, 1979
Cut This is a circa 1979 cutaway drawing of a solar-heated home in Falmouth, Massachusetts. That part of Massachusetts has a 6,000 […]
Convair B-36 Bomber Cutaway Drawing, 1950
In 1950, Popular Science issued a cutaway drawing of the most exciting object to grace the skies to that point: Convair’s B-36 […]
The William Boyes Wooden Monorail
I saw this picture yesterday at Seattle’s MOHAI (Museum of History and Industry). The caption said that the monorail was constructed in […]
Obliterating Time: The 1922 Kodachrome Color Test Girl
The past always seems to be so…old. Previous styles, mores, customs seem to have vanished, replaced wholesale with an entirely new set […]
Memory Scraps That Matter: Coffee, Peckers, and Bernstein
This isn’t about coffee or penises, but of course that’s what all you dirty-minded people care about. It’s about: stray advice from […]
Decadent Monacracy: White House Secret Service Uniforms During Nixon’s Administration
In 1970, President Richard Nixon changed the White House Secret Service’s uniforms most dramatically. According to Richard Reeves’ President Nixon: Alone in […]
Life and Death of the MidAtlantic Accent
From years of watching old movies I had heard the MidAtlantic accent but I had no idea what it was called. I […]
Err, Jibe, and Implosion: Mr. Trumbly Had It Right
At my high school was a teacher named Richard Trumbly. It didn’t matter if you had him as a teacher or not–you […]