Whole lot to chew on in this cover, from the one woman jet tank to the skeleton armed sword fighter. And check out that castle behind them, squirting purple goo as it collapses. A lost world, indeed.
Planet Comics No. 58 - 1949 - Pulp Covers
Showing posts with label 1940s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1940s. Show all posts
November 20, 2013
Homecoming
They're welcoming one of the first planes home from England; you can see its shadow on the water. The pilot, having flown throughout the war, cried like a baby at the sight of the flags.
Bygdøy - Oslo, Norway - 1945 - National Archives of Norway
Gurning
I don't know what they're eating, but I don't want any.
Hawaii - 1940s- San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive
November 15, 2013
October 19, 2013
Lewisite Gas
People are such strange creatures. We create weapons and then we create art to warn of them.
Camp Barkeley, Texas - 1941-1945 - @ National Museum of Health and Medicine
October 14, 2013
Steak Chop Fish
If she hadn't been named Betty, they'd have called her Betty anyway.
Oscoda Air Base - Michigan - 1946-1949 - @ Random Finds
April 19, 2013
April 5, 2013
Lazy Bones
Accordion party on a shantyboat? It's like they could see my dreams.
The Caloosahatchee River between Fort Myers and Clewiston - Florida - 1947 - @ Florida Memory
December 9, 2012
Useful
Sometimes nothing I could say would best the facts: "Meet Mrs. Josephine Smith, aged 84, whose hobby is digging graves."
Drouin, Australia
1944, photographer Jim Fitzpatrick
@ National Library of Australia Commons
Drouin, Australia
1944, photographer Jim Fitzpatrick
@ National Library of Australia Commons
November 1, 2012
October 6, 2012
4th of July Fire
Did that guy actually shimmy up that pole for a better look? Does he think he's a cartoon?
Lake Oswego, OR
1949
from City of Lake Oswego
August 26, 2012
That's just about the tidiest little camp I ever did see. I bet it feels even better to relax when you're using to always wearing stuff like that blazer jacket.
Oland, Sweden
1949
from Ann Karlstedt
July 8, 2012
Soldaderas
Popular entre la tropa era Adelita
la mujer que el sargento idolatraba
que ademas de ser valiente era bonita
que hasta el mismo Coronel la respetaba.
1940, artist Antonio Gomez R.
from The Pictorial Arts
June 12, 2012
Benvenuto Cellini's "Salt Cellar"
My land. What they call art these days.
National Gallery, Washington, D.C.
March 7, 2012
light station on stilts
This is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. I want to live there. I want to survive storms in that home.
Key West, FL
1949
seen at Florida Fresh and Other Slices
January 11, 2012
January 8, 2012
Galloping Gertie
Double hell no. I see this and all the air leaves my body.
Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Washington State
1940
from La Boite Verte
(but I had to go digging around
to find out what bridge it was)
Pigeon Boy
He's showing off for that girl behind him.
New York City, NY
1940s, photographer (the amazing) Vivian Maier
December 9, 2011
once seen, never unseen
Aw, that's so... wait.
no information available
probably 1940s
from The Bilerico Project
but suggested by my friend Anna
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