[TOYS] ROCKET RADIO MG-306: Pocket Transistor Radios Manufactured During the 1950’s & 1960’s

Posted: July 31, 2017 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, History, Mediasphere | Tags: 1940s, 1950s, Radio, technology, vintage | Leave a comment

Great website focusing on the design and history of pocket transistor radios manufactured between 1954 and 1965.

Source: ROCKET RADIO MG-306

[VIDEO] Cold War Archives ‘Soviet Spy School: Small Town Espionage’, 1960

Posted: March 11, 2017 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: History, Mediasphere, Politics, War Room | Tags: 1950s, 1960s, Cold War, National Archives, Soviet Spy School, Spying, Surveillance, vintage | Leave a comment

Series: Moving Images Relating to Intelligence and International Relations, 1947 – 1984
Record Group 263: Records of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1894 – 2002

Production Date: 1960. Scope & Content: This film discusses Soviet spy school training and covers surveillance and audio contact.

National Archives Identifier: 896138
Local Identifier: 263.3153

Series: Moving Images Relating to Intelligence and International Relations, 1947 – 1984

Record Group 263: Records of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1894 – 2002

[VIDEO] National Archives: Communist Propaganda, 1950s

Posted: March 9, 2017 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Global, History, Mediasphere, Russia, Terrorism, War Room | Tags: 1950s, Central Intelligence Agency, Communist propaganda, director of the United States Information Agency, Ernest K. Lindley of Newsweek, George V. Allen, National Archives, U.S. Air Force Colonel Bascom Neal, U.S. Army Colonel John C. Weaver, U.S. Navy Captain John Leeds, video | Leave a comment

Creator(s): Central Intelligence Agency. 12/4/1981- (Most Recent)
Record Group 263: Records of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1894 – 2002

Date: ca. late-1950s

Description: This film features a conversation about different forms of Communist propaganda between George V. Allen, director of the United States Information Agency, Ernest K. Lindley of Newsweek, U.S. Army Colonel John C. Weaver, U.S. Navy Captain John Leeds, U.S. Air Force Colonel Bascom Neal, and U.S. Marine Corps Colonel Raymond G. Davis. It includes several clips from Soviet propaganda films.

Local Identifier: 263.1078
National Archives Identifier: 592764

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Grace Kelly and Cary Grant in ‘To Catch A Thief’, 1955

Posted: February 12, 2017 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Cinema, Entertainment, Photography | Tags: 1950s, Alfred Hitchcock, Film, Gary Grant, Grace Kelly | Leave a comment

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[PHOTOS] ‘House on Haunted Hill’, Directed by William Castle, 1959

Posted: January 25, 2017 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, Cinema, Haunted, Horror, House on Haunted Hill, Movies, Scream, Skeleton, Thriller | Leave a comment

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✨Design: Illustrations of Grocery Stores✨

Posted: January 5, 2017 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Food & Drink, History | Tags: 1950s, Architecture, design, Stores, vintage | Leave a comment

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http://danismm.tumblr.com/post/155461483594/charming-illustrations-of-old-grocery-stores

Forgotten masterpiece: Original hand-colored printer’s proofs of ‘The Night Before Christmas’ from Panic #1

Posted: December 24, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: 1950s, Cartoons, Christmas, EC Comics, Holidays, Illustration, The Night Before Christmas, Will Elder | Leave a comment

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http://thebristolboard.tumblr.com/post/154894525823/thebristolboard-happy-holidays-from-the

Movie Poster: ‘White Christmas’, 1954

Posted: December 17, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, Bing Crosby, Christmas, Cinema, Danny Kaye, design, Irving Berlin, Movies, Musical, Poster Art, Rosemary Clooney, typography, Vera Allen, vintage, White Christmas | 1 Comment

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Movie Poster: ‘I’ve Lived Before,’ Richard Bartlett, USA, 1956

Posted: December 16, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, Cinema, design, graphics, Illustration, Movie Posters, Movies, Poster Art | Leave a comment

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1954 Retrofuture Art from an Unexpected Source: the French Chocolatier Cantalou

Posted: October 14, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, France | Tags: 1950s, Cantalou, Chocolatier, design, Futurism, Illustration, Paris, Retrofuture, Space Age, vintage | Leave a comment

http://vintagegeekculture.tumblr.com/post/151822707616/oldschoolsciencefiction-some-beautiful-1954

[Illustration] Futuristic Mid-20th Century Modern Interior Design

Posted: August 30, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, Architecture, design, Illustration, Interior design, Modern, Modern living | Leave a comment

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Detail from a 1958 Soviet Space Propaganda Poster

Posted: August 25, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Russia, Space & Aviation | Tags: 1950s, design, Illustration, Poster Art, propaganda, Soviet space program, Space Exploration, The Space Race | Leave a comment

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[PHOTOS] Hitchcock’s ‘Vertigo’, 1958

Posted: August 16, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: 1950s, Alfred Hitchcock, Cinema, Cinematography, design, Glamour, graphics, Illustration, Kim Novak, Movie Posters, Movies, typography | Leave a comment

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Original cover by Jack Davis from Tales From the Crypt #44, EC Comics, 1954

Posted: July 27, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, Comic Books, EC Comics, Illustration, Jack Davis, Tales From the Crypt | Leave a comment

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Source: thebristolboard

The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab

Posted: July 16, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Entertainment, Guns and Gadgets, Science & Technology | Tags: 1950s, toys, vintage | Leave a comment

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The Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab was a toy produced between 1950 and 1951. The toy allowed the user to conduct simple experiments with radioactive materials. Kit included;

A Geiger counter
An electroscope
A Wilson cloud chamber
A spinthariscope
Four samples of uranium ore
Pb-210 lead isotope
Polonium
Ruthenium
Zinc
various other accessories

After only a year of production, the toy was pulled from the market for obvious reasons.

Source: peashooter85

Viaggio in Italia, 1954: Roberto Rossellini Cross-fades

Posted: June 5, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Mediasphere | Tags: 1950s, Cinema, Filmmaking, Italy, Movies, Roberto Rossellini, Viaggio in Italia | Leave a comment

http://petrasvonkant.tumblr.com/post/124496725273/viaggio-in-italia-1954-dir-roberto-rossellini

Mr. Mercury Box Art, 1950s

Posted: May 10, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment, Robotics | Tags: 1950s, design, Illustration, novelty, toys, typography, vintage | Leave a comment

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Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘To Catch a Thief’

Posted: February 15, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Cinema, Cinematography, Grace Kelly, Movies, Photography | Leave a comment

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Pulp Fiction: ‘I’ll Kill You Next!’ 1954

Posted: February 12, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Reading Room | Tags: 1950s, Books, Crime fiction, design, Illustration, Mystery, Paperback, pulp fiction, Thriller, typography, vintage | Leave a comment

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Source: box-o-paperbacks

Poster: ‘Jazz West Coast’

Posted: January 29, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, design, Illustration, Jazz, Music, Pacific Jazz Records, Photography, Poster Art, typography | Leave a comment

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The 1953 Studebaker Commander Starliner

Posted: January 19, 2016 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Science & Technology | Tags: 1950s, Automotive, Car, design, Futurism, Illustration, Studebaker Commander Starliner | Leave a comment

The 1953 Studebaker Commander Starliner was influenced by this concept design.

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‘The Brain from Planet Arous’, 1957

Posted: December 20, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, Cinema, Movies, Mystery, Science fiction, Thriller, vintage | Leave a comment

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arcane images – profgrewbeard

MAD Magazine #5, June-July 1953, 10¢

Posted: December 19, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics | Tags: 1950s, Bill Elder, Cartoons, Comic Books, EC Comics, Horror, Illustration, Mad Magazine, Parody, satire | Leave a comment

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Andy Warhol: Jazz Album Covers 1952-58

Posted: December 18, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, Andy Warhol, Cool, design, fashion, Illustration, Jazz, Music, Style, typography | Leave a comment

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1953 Ferrari 340/375 MM Berlinetta ‘Competizione’ by Pinin Farina

Posted: December 18, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, Automotive, design, fashion, Ferrari, Ferrari 340/375 MM Berlinetta, Italy, Photography, Race Car, Sports car, vintage | Leave a comment

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Belgian poster for The Deadly Mantis, 1957

Posted: December 17, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Comics, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, design, Global Panic, Horror, Illustration, Movie Poster, Movies, Poster Art, Science fiction, Thriller, typography, vintage | Leave a comment

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Belgian poster for The Deadly Mantis (1957)

Source: arcaneimages

Popular Mechanics, March 1953

Posted: November 29, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Science & Technology, Space & Aviation | Tags: 1950s, design, Illustration, Magazines, Popular Mechanics, rockets, typography | Leave a comment

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[PHOTOS] Jackson Pollock’s House & Studio

Posted: November 22, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, History, Mediasphere | Tags: 1950s, Art, Jackson Pollack, Painting, Photography, The Hamptons | Leave a comment

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Marilyn Monroe, by Milton Greene, 1953

Posted: November 11, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: 1950s, Hollywood, Marilyn Monroe, Milton Greene, Movies, Photography, vintage | Leave a comment

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[PHOTO] Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. at the Premiere of Porgy and Bess, 1959

Posted: November 9, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, Cinema, Frank Sinatra, Hollywood, Movies, Music, Porgy and Bess, Sammie Davis Jr., Show Business, vintage | Leave a comment

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[VIDEO] William F. Buckley Jr. Interviews Hugh Hefner on Firing Line (1966) Parts 2-6

Posted: November 2, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Mediasphere, Politics, Think Tank | Tags: 1950s, 1960s, Catholic Church, Civil rights movement, Firing Line, Hugh Hefner, Jonah Goldberg, Kevin D. Williamson, media, National Review, news, Playboy Magazine, Sexuality, Television, video, William F. Buckley Jr | Leave a comment

[VIDEO] William F. Buckley Jr. Interviews Hugh Hefner on Firing Line (1966) Part 1

Posted: November 2, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Censorship, Entertainment, History, Mediasphere | Tags: 1950s, 1960s, Catholic Church, Civil rights movement, Hugh Hefner, Jonah Goldberg, Kevin D. Williamson, media, National Review, Playboy Magazine, Playboy Philosophy, Rich Lowry, Sexual Revolution, William F. Buckley, William F. Buckley Jr, YouTube | Leave a comment

Interesting that National Review and Playboy were founded at about the same time. https://t.co/yXjGLE9z7J

— Kevin D. Williamson (@KevinNR) November 2, 2015

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h/t Jacob Appelbaum, Twitter

[PHOTO] Brigitte Bardot and Sacha Distel by Nicolas Tikhomiroff, 1958

Posted: November 1, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1950s, Brigitte Bardot, Glamour, Movies, Music, Photography, Sacha Distel, vintage | Leave a comment

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Nicolas Tikhomiroff – themaninthegreenshirt

Vintage Toys: Space Helmet

Posted: November 1, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Space & Aviation | Tags: 1950s, 1960s, Astronaut, Space Exploration, Space Helmet, Space Race, toys, vintage | Leave a comment

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Japan: Calendar Art, 1951

Posted: November 1, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Asia, Entertainment, Japan | Tags: 1950s, Calendar, design, Illustration, Japan, vintage | Leave a comment

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Pulp Fiction: ‘Beloved Traitor’

Posted: October 28, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment, Reading Room | Tags: 1950s, 1960s, Adventure, Crime fiction, design, Illustration, Mystery, novel, Paperback, Romance, Seattle Mystery Bookshop, Thriller, typography, vintage | Leave a comment

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1950 published as Lady, Toll That Bell

1960 republished with this new title

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[PHOTO] Doris Day, Halloween

Posted: October 28, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Entertainment | Tags: 1940s, 1950s, Cinema, Doris Day, Glamour, Halloween, Holiday, Hollywood, Movies, Music, Photography | Leave a comment

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Thomas Hart Benton: Texas Panhandle

Posted: October 25, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture | Tags: 1950s, Illustration, landscape, Painting, Route 66, Texas, Texas Panhandle, Thomas Hart Benton, Thomas Hart Benton (painter) | Leave a comment

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Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975), Texas Panhandle, Route #66, c.1953. Oil on board, 7 x 10 in.

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‘Machines of the Future’: Illustrations from the Encyclopédie de La Vitesse, 1956

Posted: October 23, 2015 | Author: Pundit Planet | Filed under: Art & Culture, Science & Technology | Tags: 1950s, design, Futurism, Illustration, Science fiction, vintage | Leave a comment

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The Machines Of The Future (Top), The Automobile Of The Future (Bottom) – Illustrations from the French, Encyclopedia Of Speed (Encyclopédie de La Vitesse), 1956. (via Agence Eureka)

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