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Airdrome Oranges by Unkee E. on Flickr.

Fri, 03 May 2013 19:20:11 +0100

Atomic Gardening, by isavibes (via). Photography by Frank...

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 18:52:00 +0000

Atomic Gardening, by isavibes (via). Photography by Frank Scherschel for Life Magazine.

More at Pruned:

After WWII, there was a concerted effort to find ‘peaceful’ uses for atomic energy. One of the ideas was to bombard plants with radiation and produce lots of mutations, some of which, it was hoped, would lead to plants that bore more heavily or were disease or cold-resistant or just had unusual colors. The experiments were mostly conducted in giant gamma gardens on the grounds of national laboratories in the US

NASA Ad by bustbright on Flickr. Ad Agency: S.G. Stackig, Inc.

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:49:46 +0100

NASA Ad by bustbright on Flickr.

Ad Agency: S.G. Stackig, Inc.

An advert for the Burroughs 205 Computer, designed...

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:48:00 +0100

An advert for the Burroughs 205 Computer, designed by Campbell-Ewald Company, posted to Flickr by bustbright.

Mid-Century Map showing Swissair routes, via Calsidyrose on...

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 22:16:00 +0100

Mid-Century Map showing Swissair routes, via Calsidyrose on Flickr.

London Icon Map by Calsidyrose on Flickr: For the Danish...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:45:25 +0100

London Icon Map by Calsidyrose on Flickr:

For the Danish traveler—a tour booklet about London.

It’s odd that Senate House and the Guildhall - not usually thought of as tourist destinations - are on here. So’s the Royal Festival Hall, which is nice.

Norwich City Council’s first computer, an Elliott 405,...

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 01:57:07 +0100

Norwich City Council’s first computer, an Elliott 405, being delivered. 1957. (via, via)

"The square is a tough format to shoot in. It’s antithetical to photographic traditions; it’s neither..."

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:52:05 +0100

“The square is a tough format to shoot in. It’s antithetical to photographic traditions; it’s neither portrait nor landscape. It is perfectly suited to her work. The old fashioned camera equipment — she loved all things vintage — was probably appealing for that reason, too.”

- Curator Corey Keller, interviewed in The Believer Logger about the largest-ever retrospective of the work of Francesca Woodman, as the exhibition arrives at the Guggenheim.

Pan Am’s World, calsidyrose: Back Cover of the Pan An...

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:51:00 +0100

Pan Am’s World, calsidyrose:

Back Cover of the Pan An Complete Reference Guide to France.

Azimuthal polar projection, cropped and rotated. See also.

The See-Yourself-on-TV Vending Machine, from the fantastically...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:23:05 +0000

The See-Yourself-on-TV Vending Machine, from the fantastically named (and just followed) Voices Of East Anglia site. (They’re really from East Anglia! They also have a proper blog, presumably for the wordy stuff and when they need to post lots of photos.)