"Chetak Helicopters Used By Indian Air Force For Ceremonial Flyovers In The 1970s"
"On A Casual Glance At The Contraption Shown Here In The Photo, You Would Think It One Of Rube Goldberg’s Latest Inventions"
"Mixing Hot Water With A Moving Vehicle Is Probably Not The Smartest Idea Ever, But That Didn’t Deter German Company Hertella From Producing And Marketing A Coffee Machine Specifically Designed For The Volkswagen Beetle"
"Stunt Pilot Howard Casterline Crashes His Plane "Jennie" Into A Tree In Hartford City, Indiana, Ca. 1920s. He Survived In The Crash"
"To Reduce The Blinding Glare Of Approaching Automobile Headlights, A Novel Eye Shield Has Been Introduced In 1936"
"Strapped to a band worn about the head, a metal frame extends from the forehead and holds two ovals of amber glass in front of the eyes, where they are normally just out of range of direct vision. A slight turn of the head places the glass ovals between the eyes and the rays of oncoming car lights."
"Car Junk Yards From Days Gone By"
"With A Category 5 Ranking, Hurricane Andrew Was A Powerful And Destructive Storm That Struck The Bahamas, Florida, And Louisiana In August 1992"
"“Sales Meeting Of Ce-Lect Baking Co. Introducing Mickey Mouse Bread Campaign, Hotel Sheraton Boston, June 16, 1936.” From The Collection Of Mel Birnkrant"
"In 1954, The Traveler Could Install A Relief Bunk In His Car – An Aluminum Cot That Extends Above The Seats From Front To Rear"
"While one person drives the other can sleep in full-length comfort. Made of lightweight tubing, the cot was supported by legs resting above the instrument panel, on top of the two seats, and on the rear-window ledge. It was quickly removed or installed and could be folded for storage. When folded, it was easily packed into place along with any reasonable amount of luggage. The bed could be adjusted for use as a regular cot."
"Titanic’s Centre Anchor Was At The Time And For Some Time To Follow, The World’s Largest Anchor Ever Forged By Hand"
"The Self-Propelled Skates That Were Produced By The Motorized Roller Skate Company Of Detroit, Beginning In 1956"
"The company was founded in 1955 by an intractable inventor from Lincoln Park, Michigan, named Antonio Pirrello. Retailing for $250, that’s an astounding $2300 in today’s economy, these skates feature a 19-pound gasoline motor that is worn like a backpack. The gas connects to the right skate to push while the skater holds her left foot out in front to steer. A second cable connects to the hand-held clutch to regulate speed. Quite a lot of speed. These skates can roll at up to 40 miles per hour! Mr. Pirrello and his motorized skates were featured in the magazines Life and Popular Mechanics and were guests on You Asked for It and The Today Show"
"A Hybrid Among Vehicles, An Amphibian Bicycle That Could Travel On Land Or Water, Was Demonstrated By Its French Inventor At A Paris Exposition In 1932"
"Its wheels are hollow, bulbous floats that, with the aid of four smaller globes on outriggers, sustain it in the water. All of the floats revolve freely like wheels, resulting in a minimum of drag. When the rider pedals across the water, fins on the rear wheel serve as paddles to drive the machine forward. For a ride on dry land, the outriggers supporting the outer floats may be folded up clear of the ground. Proof that the floats would be sufficiently buoyant to support the rider was given when the inventor navigated his device, without difficulty, across a large swimming pool"
"Three Children In Oklahoma On Their Way To School During The Dust Bowl In 1933"
"The 13 Flying Black Cats Was A Professional Aerial Exhibition Team That Started Around 1925, Advertising They Would Do Anything For A Price"
"Oct. 18, 1956: 21-Year-Old Elvis Presley Pulled Into A Memphis Gas Station Where He Started To Attract A Small Crowd Of Autograph Seekers"
"After repeatedly asking Elvis to move on so he could resume normal business, station manager Ed Hopper slapped Presley on the head and found himself on the receiving end of a punch in the face from Elvis. Station employee Aubrey Brown tried to help his boss, but was no match for Presley. After police are called, Hopper and Brown were charged with assault and were fined $25 and $15 respectively"
"Moving Slowly Through The Sweet-Corn Fields Of California In 1954 Was A Weird Tractor On Stilts"
"The tractor was used to dust and detassel the high corn. The builder started with a 21-horsepower crawler tractor. He raised the tractor chassis including the motor and transmission so there would be 78 inches of clearance beneath it. Side frames – the “stilts – support the tractor in this position. Additional sprockets and links of track were installed on each side. The result was a tractor that rolls through the high corn, dusting and detasseling it even during wet weather when rubber-tired tractors bog down in the mud. It has 6-1/2 feet clearance and straddles two rows of corn while dusting 12. A framework across the back holds the dusting equipment. During detasseling, men ride on hangers dropped down between the rows alongside the tractor"
"Here's An Azar's Worms Vending Machine From 1965, Just In Case You Run Out Of Night Crawlers At Home"
"In 1949, For Railroad Travelers, Dr. Igo Seeger Of Vienna Had Came Up With A Sleep Hanger That Held The Passenger In A Comfortable Sleeping Posture While Sitting Upright"
"Les Géants Du Nord (The Giants Of The North), 1951. (Photo By Robert Doisneau)"
"In 1939, Asked To Make A Speech On Motor Safety, Williams Invented This Signaling Device For Drivers Instead. A Dry Cell Supplies Current To Light Bulbs, One White And The Other Red, On The Fingers"
"Us Scientists Study The Phases Of The Moon On Lunar Models In Preparation For An Eventual Manned Flight To The Moon, 1962"
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