“automatic concealed firearm for self defense.”
Drums of Fu Manchu, 1940
The nefarious Dr. Fu Manchu searches for the keys to the tomb of Genghis Khan, in order to fulfill a prophecy that will enable him to conquer the world.
Type 12 Atlantic, 1938
The Type 12 Atlantic was a futuristic steel monster, although the Type 12 was one of the fastest Franco-Belgian steam engines of its time, it was soon to disappear at the dawn of the electric train industry.
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Beware! Friday, the 13th…
Dr. Aizawa’s Remote Controlled Train, 1936
Dr. Jiro Aizawa and his remote control robot train, featured in the November 1936 issue of Popular Mechanics
Automatic train control is understood to be a feature of a mysterious robot locomotive model built in Japan. Continue reading “Dr. Aizawa’s Remote Controlled Train, 1936”
Harlem Gator, 1935
New York Times
February 10, 1935
The youthful residents of East 123d Street, near the murky Harlem River, were having a rather grand time at dusk yesterday shoveling the last of the recent snow into a gaping manhole.
Salvatore Condulucci, 16 years old, of 410 East 123d Street was assigned to the rim. His comrades would heap blackened slush near him, and he, carefully observing the sewer’s capacity, would give the last fine flick to each mound.
Suddenly there were signs of clogging ten feet below, where the manhole drop merged with the dark conduit leading to the river. Salvatore yelled: “hey, you guys, wait a minute,” and got down on his knees to see what was the trouble.
What he saw in the thickening dusk, almost caused him to topple into the icy cavern. For the jagged surface of the of the ice blockage below was moving; and something black was breaking through. Salvatore’s eyes widened; then he managed to leap to his feat and call his friends.
“Honest, it’s and alligator!” he exploded. Continue reading “Harlem Gator, 1935”
USS Batfish, part 2
Photos taken below deck of the USS Batfish, Muskogee War Memorial Park, Muskogee, OK
Russian Express, 1939
Blue Beetle: 1939, 1967, 1986, 2011
Traffic Law Violator, 1939
