#atomic age

[toriv6]

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[thingsfromthedirt]

the Lone Ranger Atomic Bomb ring, distributed by Kix cereal from 1947-1950 for 15 cents and a mail-in box top. it was a spinthariscope containing radioactive Polonium-210. you would take it into a pitch-black room, remove the tail cap from the 'bomb', and look through a tiny lens to see flashes of light from the Polonium-210 atoms decaying into Lead-206

[nezbeanz]

hard launch but what if retro design???

[vintage-tigre]

The Jetsons, S1, E2 - 1963

[psychorockette]

Before the future arrived, it was already posing for the cover.

From pulp pages to rocket runways—where 40s–50s pinup glamour collides with chrome-plated futures.

Aliens whisper, engines hum, and every heroine looks like she could outfly the galaxy and still make it to cocktails by eight.

These covers weren’t just stories—they were promises of a brighter, stranger tomorrow.

[coolthingsguyslike]

[vintagegeekculture]

Don Marquez.

[retro-scifi-and-fantasy-art]

Artist: Chesley Bonestell (American, 1888-1986) Hydrogen Bomb air burst over New York City, Look magazine interior story illustration, April 1953