Jack the BRUT

This telegram was sent from the American Embassy in London to Secretary of State Lansing and President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. The telegram includes a translation of an encoded message German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann sent to the German Minister to Mexico, now known as the Zimmermann Telegram, in which an alliance between Germany and Mexico against the U.S. was proposed, enabling Mexico to recapture lost territory. In addition the telegram from U.S. Ambassador Walter Page discusses how the British had intercepted and deciphered the Zimmermann telegram.

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Annabelle Moore in “Annabelle Butterfly Dance” (1894).

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The 1959 Holmdel Horn Antenna - Designed for satellite communications, it accidentally proved the existence of the Big Bang. But only after six months of the engineers thinking the strange signal was pigeons pooing on the detectors. (via Luis Cesar)

Space Taxi and Nuclear Powered Satellite - Detail concept illustrations from Hammond’s Guide to the Exploration of Space map (1958). (via Dreams Of Space)

Electric controls operated the doors and a chain-driven airplane landing gear mechanism was mounted behind the seat to raise and lower the two-piece turret top. The dashboard resembled an airplane cockpit with no fewer than 30 dials, gauges and knobs scattered from one end to the other — even the brakes were actuated from the dash. La Lee claimed his supercharged Ford V8 engine provided fuel economy of 18 miles per gallon at 60 miles per hour and the car could reach speeds of up to 120 miles per hour.    (text via The Old Motor)

Personal Flight Transportation: The DAF Aeromatic, 1971 - Illustration by Charles Burki

Mr. Thermostat - From Popular Science magazine Nov. 1946 (image via Synctopia)

Lorelei of the Red Mist - cover illustration by Frank Kelly Freas for the sci-fi tale by Ray Bradbury & Leigh Brackett in the Autumn 1953 issue of Tops In Science Fiction pulp magazine.

Ghost Train, 1955 - O. Winston Link Photographer (via Danziger Gallery, New York)