B-24 Liberator Bomber Cutaway Drawing, 1943
Naturally, in the popular press of the time, Consolidated Vultee’s B-24 Liberator bomber would be hailed as a magnificent fighting machine, capable […]
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Wright Cyclone Engine World War 2 Aircraft Cutaway, 1945
This was a fictional Second World War aircraft meant to illustrate the Wright Cyclone engine (located in the engine cowling, #10) on […]
WWII Fighter Plane Cutaway Showing Gravity Suit, 1945
A cutaway within a cutaway. Drawn by Stewart Rouse, this illustrates a generic WWII fighter plane peeled back to show the pilot […]
Futuristic Car Cutaway, 1940
In 1940, it was asked if we might be driving a car like this in only two years. The novel cutaway turned […]
Quonset Hut / House Cutaway, 1946
A gorgeous picture of a Quonset hut from 1946, touted by Popular Science as a possible “stop gap” to the immediate post […]
Palomar Observatory Cutaway 1947
Famed Palomar Observatory, just outside of San Diego, CA, had not yet been finished at the time this cutaway drawing was published. […]
Consolidated Vultee Clipper (PanAm) Cutaway, 1945
I’m not certain when this Rolf Klep cutaway was produced, but the magazine text mentions that V-E Day was upcoming, so I’ll […]
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 […]
Office Ventilation Cutaway, ca 1940s
One of the great things about the old Fortune magazine was how it often treated extremely mundane subjects with great wonder and […]