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io9 - Aug 5, 2008
“From a better world” comes a happy, shiny, space-age jumpsuit-wearing family showing off their new Atari computer and video games, won because mom used the right stuff to clean up after them. Once again, Future Mom is …
Also tagged: atari, jumpsuits, family of the future, future mom
io9 - Aug 4, 2008
Square America is a web site devoted to American vernacular photography, found photos, and snapshots. In addition to a ton of great pix from the 1940s to the 70s, they are currently showing selections from a 56-image …
Also tagged: ibm, vintage computers
io9 - Aug 1, 2008
"Trail of the Rocket" is a 1951 promo film for Oldsmobile's new "rocket" engine. Johnny and his singing partner Lucille, whose show just happens to be sponsored by Olds, are invited on a factory tour. But before they …
Also tagged: mars, martians, oldsmobiles
io9 - Jul 31, 2008
G.I. Joe's 2001-esque trip into space was not his first time in orbit (though it was his first visit to space with lifelike hair). Back in 1965, Joe, wrapped in a foil suit, rode a Mercury capsule into imaginary outer …
Also tagged: g i joe, project mercury, space toys
io9 - Jul 30, 2008
I love the visual and audio reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey in this early 1970s commercial for the new G.I. Joe Talking Astronaut. I’m not sure how many kids watching Saturday morning TV picked up on them, though …
Also tagged: outer space, astronauts, 2001, g i joe, lifelike hair
io9 - Jul 29, 2008
Imagine the scene: it’s 1962 and the space race is all the rage. You, on the other hand, are a venerable manufacturer of toy trains and your product line is beginning to look a little staid and boring next to all the …
Also tagged: outer space, project mercury, toy trains
io9 - Jul 28, 2008
Leave it to Bob Clampett, the man behind the surrealistic "Porky in Wackyland" (1938), to come up with a very odd little Beany and Cecil early-60s cartoon (they always creeped me out a little bit) called "Invasion of …
Also tagged: aliens, robots, ufos, beany and cecil, bob clampett
io9 - Jul 26, 2008
Do you suffer from back pain, fallen arches, trick knee, or any of the myriad structural aches and pains to which the human body is subject? Fed up with just such fallibilities, in 1956 Mechanics Illustrated asked a …
Also tagged: biology, evolution, man of the future
io9 - Jul 24, 2008
Destination Earth is a nifty little piece of cold-war-era propaganda produced by the American Petroleum Industry in 1956. As the story opens, Mars is a dictatorship under the heel of Ogg the Magnificent, who sends …
Also tagged: technology, mars, cold war, oil industry propaganda
io9 - Jul 23, 2008
Move over, EV Smart Car, here comes your granny—the Ford Comuta! Two test models of the tiny (80 inch long) electric car were built by Ford in 1967 and demonstrated in the U.S. and Britain. Powered by batteries located …
Also tagged: electric cars, ford comuta