1964 ... 'Habu'

... long - live the legendary SR-71 'Blackbird'. Also known as 'Habu'; a nasty venomous snake. Illustration by Adam Tooby.

... next year I plan on doing some of my own illustrations of the similar F-12C; because who wouldn't want a Blackbird that was built to shoot things down?!

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... forecasts of ASW to come!

... artist: Frank Tinsley

...GI's in a box!

... from 'Popular Mechanics'. The writing and illustration work of Frank Tinsley.

Old Frank never had any shortage of imagination; and doing both art and text gave him enough rope to go right over the edge!

... here's a Link to an album of his work

at one of my other blogs 'X-Ray Delta One'

(1964) ... TSR-2 headed for home!

... illustration by Ronnie Olsthdoprn   LINK for TSR-2

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1960 ... dogs of confusion!

1960 ... oily submarines!

... still amazes me how 'artistic' advertising was in the 1950's and early 60's.

1952 ... now in showrooms!

1957 ... call, wire or write!

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1955 ... just in time for Christmas!

... can't figure out why they are so keen on expressing the fact "it's a pistol!".

Maybe they were figuring on a lot of Don Knotts type civil defense workers

being freaked out by atomic zombies? Then they could stand their ground 

and warn "I've got a personnel and area accumulated radiation exposure measuring device.
Don't come a step closer!"

Note: this was the only ad in the otherwise

somber publication below.

1955 ... The Bulletin of Depressed Scientists!

... a little informative video about the clock and it's history.

1960 ... Project 'Iceworm'!

... in the end it didn't work because the ice kept moving and shifting.

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1957 ... HELP!

1956 ... fill 'er up!

... a big deal about flying the B-58 was keeping all of that fuel balanced!

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1956 ... bare 'n nekkid!

... Convair B-58 'Hustler' without pod.

1964 ... Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson gets enthusiastic!

... George C. Scott as Gen. 'Buck' Turgidson extolling the virtues of his beloved B-52!

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... just rotate the tires and change the oil !

... Convair B-58 'Hustler' Strategic supersonic bomber

... nukes in Spaaaaace!

... ah -  the frivolity of the late 50's. We'd barely gotten into 'space' and we can't wait to turn it into an atomic battle ground! (But) the picture sure is cool! The caption said something about cowboys tending to their herd of nuclear warheads.

All I have to say is "... where in the hell is Major Kong?"

from the amazing collection of 'Mike Acs' 

1957 ... managed by a midget!

... industrial ad people really liked the word 'midget'.

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1952 ... had to build our own!

1955 ... Miss A-bomb!

 ... speaking of nuclear weapons and sexual obsession. Here we have a better than average print of 'Miss A-bomb' 1955 being crowned at a Vegas hotel pool. I have a hunch that any of the hotels could set you up with a model in 15 mins. who could be your 'Miss whatever'. I think Sarge up there may have been the sculptor. Women from that era with that particular look always remind me of someone's mom- yikes!