In 1946, a mushroom cloud-shaped cake was served at a Washington D.C. military party celebrating the task force that oversaw atomic tests in the Pacific post-World War II. The photo of this garish pastry caused a bizarre international fracas. More »
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During World War II, President Roosevelt declared that America would manufacture 185,000 military aircraft in 1942 and 1943. To illustrate and inspire the effort, 40,000 model airplanes were hung spectacularly from the ceiling of Union Station in Chicago. More »
Russian photographer Sergey Larenkov took some old photographs from World War II and combined them with new perspective-matching photos. The result are a series of time portals that help us contextualize the war into our current reality. More »
As a badge of pride or a piercing insult, “fanboy” is wielded too lightly. We must understand its history, its context, and its gravity! We must know its provenance! We must respect the (word) fanboy. More » Arts – World War II – Apple – NASA – Wired In the morning of December 7, 1941, two waves of Japanese airplanes loaded with torpedoes and bombs annihilated over 3,500 people, four battleships, two destroyers, and three cruisers. Here’s the first “tweet” describing the attack. The name of the place was Pearl Harbor. The ships were part of the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet. The people, citizens [...] During World War II, the Army Corps of Engineers wanted to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant in case the Japanese decided to attack the West Coast. So, of course, they built a fake subdivision on its roof. Using camouflage netting and trompe l’oeil, they brilliantly disguised the enormous plant as something completely benign. Just look [...] |
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