a collection of the old, the foreign, the strange, and the vintage.Tumblr (3.0; @retrofuture)http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/glhdcJ7K3XM?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Quiet storm was the pinnacle of music.</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/FX-jpI3shdc/52819072http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/52819072Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:11:32 -0400isley brothersquiet storm1970sfunksexualsampledhttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/52819072<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/4v-6AH-S8L8?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Django</strong> was the man.</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/CXZ0cE0vU64/52818567http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/52818567Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:06:37 -0400django reinhardtdjangojazzgypsy jazzhttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/52818567<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe8c34ajbEoIu5VAo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dexter Gordon. At New York’s <em>Royal Roost</em>, 1948.</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/nqxzs7Dd4RE/51419751http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51419751Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:16:00 -04001948blue notecool catsdexter gordonfrank wolffin the studiojazzsaxophone1940shttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51419751<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe8bqzllydOwOLPGo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Dizzy tries his trumpet — 1954.</p> <p><em>His signature periscope.</em></p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/8yUbQBbMaRE/51418409http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51418409Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:06:00 -04001954bebopdizzy gillespieiconsjazzlegendsperiscopetrumpet1950shttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51418409<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe8bhicgNVOdJrfro1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Garland of Red. The Red Garland Trio.</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/T3OdwCIXWDQ/51417701http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51417701Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:59:00 -0400albumsart of jazzculturegarland of redjazzprestigered garland19561950shttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51417701<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe8bce5cCXz4xluyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Hiroshima, 1947.</p> <blockquote> <p>The wrecked framework of the Museum of Science and Industry as it appeared after the blast. City officials recently decided to preserve this building as a memorial, though they had at first planned to rebuild it.</p> </blockquote>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/8avtJLWFnj8/51417196http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51417196Tue, 23 Sep 2008 12:55:00 -04001947bombfallouthiroshimajapannuclear bombtragedywreckage1940shttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51417196<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe83qg6d5ORrDLhjo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Cadiz, California — 1943.</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/-lVrhNdez3I/51387964http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51387964Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:22:00 -04001943cadizcaliforniarailroadsanta fe railroadtransportation1940shttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51387964<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe6qro8lk0j63VpWo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Europa Air.</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/7K24EJWoUy8/51241030http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51241030Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:31:50 -0400europajupitermoonspace travelart decoposterhttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51241030<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe59s25msGF7qV5Jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The aerial photo that sparked the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Missile_Crisis">Cuban Missile Crisis</a> in 1962.</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/DuXhR6_WKZM/51102415http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51102415Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:48:00 -04001962aerial photographycubacuban missile crisisjohn f. kennedymissilesphotographyspyu-21960shttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51102415<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/publicresourceorg/collections/72157600214199993/">Images from the Smithsonian</a>: <p>Over 6,000 public domain images from the <a href="http://smithsonianimages.si.edu">Smithsonian archives</a>.</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/lkTUgwBKLSw/51102016http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51102016Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:45:16 -0400smithsonianimagesphotographyarchivepublic domainhttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51102016<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe59fbvmRS4KOB4Zo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A 1954 boom box.</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/tKUEcPKq9cI/51101336http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51101336Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:38:35 -0400boom boxmusic1954advertisingelectronicstechnologylife in the homehttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51101336<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe59dis1NXqxKH6Uo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The tip of the sharpest man-made object, a tungsten needle, photographed under a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_ion_microscope">Field Ion Microscope</a>.</p> <p>Those round things are <em>atoms</em>.</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/QbPZxHN-WQk/51101242http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51101242Sun, 21 Sep 2008 09:37:10 -0400needlesciencetungstenmicroscopeatomsclose-upfield ion microscopehttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/51101242<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe2tfw9yspXwYWcPo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Los Angeles, 2019.</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/JWpPZgGCF-U/50901889http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/50901889Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:35:00 -040019822019citiesflying carslos angelesurbanism1980s2010shttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/50901889<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe2t9irydQCAeVEGo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong>The Red Iceberg</strong>.</p> <p>Taken from the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/coldwarfears/pool/">Red Menace Flickr photo pool</a>.</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/Uu-RROIemkI/50901348http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/50901348Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:30:00 -0400cold warcommunismeastern blocfearpropagandared scarerussiasoviet1950shttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/50901348<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe2sji23HtPk7FHwo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><strong><a href="http://wellmedicated.com/inspiration/50-incredible-film-posters-from-poland/">Polish posters for American films</a></strong>.</p> <p>Looks like the marketing folks in Poland don’t understand the term “mass market.”</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/OdNvgUhJlBg/50899124http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/50899124Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:10:00 -0400artempire strikes backfilmpostersretrostar wars19801980shttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/50899124<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe2rwxpmpazdNNWvo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sail under the ices of Neptune!</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/Z6RZ6uT76-A/50897214http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/50897214Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:52:51 -0400space traveltransportationsubmarinesneptunepostersadvertisingtravelhttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/50897214<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe2rnug7YlKMQ44Qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The <strong><a href="http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/k7giant.html">Kalinin K-7</a></strong> superplane.</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/NjfK0u7tEtg/50896764http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/50896764Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:45:00 -0400airplaneflightimpracticalkalinin k-7russiatechnology1950shttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/50896764<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe2ri30vMpOwpf8Go1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Pyramidal habitats of the future Soviet Russia.</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/-mrgxXAkTx4/50896528http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/50896528Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:41:18 -0400sovietrussialivingcitiesurbanismhousingpyramidshttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/50896528<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe2r0hb6UXKom6Kbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>1965 French hovercraft.</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/xppIg9vBmiM/50894926http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/50894926Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:27:00 -0400travel,1965hovercrafttechnologytransportationvehicles1960shttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/50894926<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/yIjCb4HrJe2qyw4jtxitsZ0bo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Contrasting perspectives.</p>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Retro-Future/~3/Z9MIMFAhawA/50894819http://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/50894819Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:26:00 -0400dustbowlgreat depressionironyjuxtaposition1930shttp://retrofuture.tumblr.com/post/50894819