Visitors to the wondrous #Futurama at the wondrous New York World’s Fair of 1939 experienced a simulated flight across an America of 1960 realistically envisioned by industrial designer #NormanBelGeddes. Glimpses from a home movie taken by Mr Phillip Medicus. #NYWorldsFair1939

#OTD in 2014 ‘Perfect Storm’ Cover of The New Yorker, February 10, 2014 Tomer Hanuka #TheNewYorkerCover #TomerHanuka

#VALENTINES 🔊🎶🎵🎶 A masterpiece of American popular song: “My Funny Valentine” Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart (introduced by Mitzi Green, *Babes in Arms* 1937) Joshua Bell (violin) & orch. & Kristin Chenoweth (vocal) – album *At Home with Friends* 2009

For #FEBRUARY 1986 ‘Riddles in the Dark’ Michael Hague (b. 1948) *The 1986 J.R.R. Tolkien Calendar* (Ballantine Books) for February. #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #MichaelHague #JRRTolkien #TheHobbit #Bilbo #Gollum

#VALENTINES A masterpiece of American popular song: “My Funny Valentine” Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart (introduced by Mitzi Green, *Babes in Arms* 1937) 🔊🎶🎵🎶 Nico – Live album *Behind the Iron Curtain* 1986

‘General Tire pioneer in rocket power’ Aerojet-General (subsidiary of The General Tire and Rubber Company) *Time*, Feb. 1958. #rocket #ballisticmissile #rocketlaunch #defenseindustry #GeneralTire #AerojetGeneral #MilitaryIndustrialComplex

‘For more pure pleasure have a Camel’ ‘No other cigarette is so rich-tasting yet so mild as Camel!’ *Everywoman's* magazine, Feb. 1956 #celebrities #BrianKeith #RisëStevens #MargueriteHiggins #cigarettes #CamelCigarettes

‘Aluminum is the most abundant element in the earth’s crust. Yet for many years after it was first extracted in 1825 it was so hard to refine that it cost more than gold. ...’ National City Bank of New York Feb. 1954 #ClarenceCarter #Aluminum #AmericanIndustry #banking #Citibank

#VALENTINES A masterpiece of American popular song: “My Funny Valentine” Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart (introduced by Mitzi Green, *Babes in Arms* 1937) Sarah Vaughan with Richard Hayman's Orchestra. 1954.

“I Love, You Love, He Loves” ‘Mr. Barstow, who taught Latin and otherwise acted like a drone, had a secret passion - one the school board would look upon with distinct disfavor.’ *Cosmopolitan*, February 1951 #illustrationartists #JonWhitcomb #Latin #teacher

“One Sinner” *Cosmopolitan*, February 1951 #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #EdwinGeorgi

#THISWEEK in 1948 ‘Unquestioned Style Leadership!’ Kaiser-Frazer Corporation ‘Body Styling by Darrin’ *Collier’s*, Feb. 7 1948 #illustrationart #design #Darrin #fashion #AutomotiveDesign #styling #AutomotiveIndustry #KaiserFrazer #WillowRun #Michigan #1940s

‘Now here, according to approved writers of romance, the saga of Prince Valiant should end. But the winning of Aleta is one thing, costing Val no more than his heart, but living with her is another story . . . and we think the story is worth telling.’ ‘Next Week - A Small Mutiny’