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GORGO (1961)

Memento Mori Enamel Skull Snake Ring Circa 1800’s

Belgium’s Atomium Cutaway, Brussels

“Good old future” by Tobias Stierli

Humanoids from the Deep (1980)

The hero, earthman astronaut turned swordsman John Blackstar, was originally going to be a black hero, but this was deemed too radical for 1981, and he was instead made racially ambiguous (because of his similarity to Filmation’s hero Bravestarr, many fans speculate that John Blackstar is an American Indian). Like David Hasselhoff, Blackstar far was more successful overseas; Americans barely remember this series, but for many Europeans, Blackstar was a well-remembered part of their childhoods. 

c.öhler l911 (by janwillemsen)

Phone/speaking booth in the post office of Het Schip housing complex, Amsterdam, Michel de Klerk, 1917-21. View this on the map

Worlds of If, September 1963. Cover by Paul E. Wenzel.

Vintage Soviet wind-up toy from the 1980s

The Sphere, London, January 7, 1939

Saturn and moons.  Carte astronomique de l'Univers. 1878. Map detail. Rumsey.