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Futuristic file system, Prague, 1937, info link in comments

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The offices of the Central Social Institution of Prague, Czechoslovakia with the largest vertical letter file in the world. Consisting of cabinets arranged from floor to ceiling tiers covering over 4000 square feet containing over 3000 drawers 10 feet long. It has electric operated elevator desks which rise, fall and move left or right at the push of a button. to stop just before drawer desired. The drawers also open and close electronically. Thus work which formerly taxed 400 workers is now done by 20 with a minimum of effort.

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The Westland-Hill Pterodactyl Mk V - an experimental tailless aircraft from 1935. The engine is a Rolls-Royce steam-cooled Goshawk. (h/t Arnold Ives)

British Captain G.T.R. Hill developed the Pterodactyl series in an attempt to develop a safer aircraft: many pilots lost their lives when their aircraft stalled, went into a spin and flew into the ground, and Hill wanted to develop a design which was resistant to stalling and spinning. Hill’s designs were inspired by the pioneer J. W. Dunne, who had previously developed stable aircraft in the form of tailless swept wings.

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Mac’s Jet Air Car, 2013 (1968) for the TV series Joe 90. Recently @pixelatedhotsauce asked me what my favourite cars from the world of fiction were. Growing up in New Zealand in the 60s and 70s we had a steady steam of  “Supermarionation” TV series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and filmed by Century 21 Productions. They were an important early influence on my love of cars. Professor McClaine’s Jet Air Car was from Joe 90, the last Century 21 series to incorporate full animation. Mac’s car used jet propulsion and had wings that enabled it to fly. The series was set somewhere between 1998 and 2013 (there are references to both years in the various episodes)

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Glass perfume bottle designed by Lalique for Coty in 1920 (Photo: Corning Museum of Glass)

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The lovely glass of René Lalique

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Emilio Ferrer

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“I do not recall spending long hours in front of a mirror loving my reflection. I simply did not want my face to be my talent. I needed to be accepted, not humored. I intended to act.” -Gene Tierney

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popscience 1933 by patricia m

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Not even Edgar Franklin Wittmack’s first monowheel – see here.

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If. Only.

Illustration by Benjamin Goodwin Seielstad

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Marlene Dietrich, 1935

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An Italian lieutenant sitting on his L3/35 tankette in Val Stretta, on the border between Italy and France, June 1940. Also a puppy for no particular reason.

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There’s always a particular reason for a puppy.