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Modern_Mechanix_Mar36

09 Feb 2009

146

Get ready to explore Alaska - "Uncle Sam's next western front" - on your very own worm-drive sled. Modern Mechanix - March 1936 issue.

Modern_Mechanics_Aug31

PopKulture

09 Feb 2009

175

It's curious that the editors ask "How many will die flying the Atlantic this season?" in the same issue containing plans for your own personal aerocycle. Modern Mechanics and Inventions - August 1931 issue. Cover art by Stewart Rouse.

Science_Mechanics_Nov33

PopKulture

08 Apr 2010

193

Can you imagine the legal department signing off on a cover project like this today?? Americans had a fascination with electricity throughout the early 1900's, thinking they could shock themselves into better health! Penny arcades even had coin-operated machines that would dispense dubious doses of electrical elixir. Science and Mechanics - November 1933 issue.

Science_Mechanics_Apr32

PopKulture

08 Apr 2010

198

I'm not sure if air has enough purchase for a plane to roll along like this, but fanciful devices like this were the domain of many an amateur mechanic. Alas, novel and inventive, we used to be such tinkerers. Science and Mechanics - April 1932 issue.

Science_Invention_Mar31

PopKulture

08 Apr 2010

160

No new-fangled diving suits here - this outfit is more reminiscent of an earlier Jules Verne novel and bears little resemblance to some of the more fanciful gadgetry typical of other amateur mechanic magazines of the day. Science and Invention - March 1931 issue. Cover art by Santis.

paint_sprayer_booklet

PopKulture

06 Dec 2010

195

Vintage advertising booklet and catalog featuring a variety of Craftsman brand paint sprayers and accessories, as well as a how-to guide from Sears Roebuck. Circa 1940's.