Atomic Pile Cutaway Drawing, 1950
A gorgeous noir-like cutaway of an atomic pile by Alexander Leydenfrost. But why does the drawing look so vague and devoid of […]
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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 […]
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. […]
Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Cutaway, 1950
The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel was new in 1950, when Alexander Leydenfrost drew this cutaway. At 9,117 feet, it is the longest continuous underwater […]
Soviet T-34 Tank Cutaway, 1950
A circa 1950 G.H. Davis cutway drawing of two Soviet T-34 tanks (in the rear is the bottom of the upcoming Joseph […]
Cutaway of TV Studio Floating on Air, 1950
This TV studio in Chicago had one problem: it was located in the same building as printing presses for the Chicago Tribune. […]
Aircraft Carrier Steam Catapult Cutaway, 1953
Pictured is a 1953 cutaway of the planned HMS Perseus, showing the novel introduction of a steam catapult to replace the customary […]