Apr 5, 2023

Exploring Architecture, Art, and Technology Through History

Take a journey through history and explore architecture, art, and technology from different eras. From Egyptian statues to Rod McKuen's music, and from personal helicopters to Paul Schweikher & Winston Elting's Upton House, learn more about these historical wonders.

ART ARCHITECTURE TECHNOLOGY

Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr Red Team Blues

Author, journalist, activist. Touring "Red Team Blues," an anti-finance finance thriller https://t.co/fpDYDNRrr7

Member of Science Fiction

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— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Upton House (1950) in Scottsdale, AZ, USA, by Paul Schweikher & Winston Elting. Demolished. Photo by Julius Shulman. https://t.co/ubZLSh8dGd pic.twitter.com/UCgUFsgb1y
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
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— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Amor, Amor - Rod McKuen https://t.co/ppgDXgBHtL pic.twitter.com/6rgjRCU8CS
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Rotorway Javelin personal helicopter, 1965 https://t.co/5cNkcrIMzd pic.twitter.com/MjHsda7zAu
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Under the Yoke (Burning the Brushwood) by Eero Järnefelt, 1893 https://t.co/KH77cBaxlF pic.twitter.com/yPgXqkxDCr
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Egyptian Statue of a deified individual covered with magic spells and deities. Date: c. c. 672-342 BC. https://t.co/XimOh0dBCM pic.twitter.com/GAJA3W7naJ
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
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— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Grand Central Station: Manhattan, 1940s via The Museum of New York City
This “Classic” image is always worth revisiting - taken by Hal Morey

The sunlight no longer streams through those windows because nearby building are just too highhttps://t.co/B7aNe4rox1 pic.twitter.com/uV7vl5uLjF
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Electronic Instruments Limited // Ph Meter model 23A (UK, 1950s) https://t.co/EpMSIbxthe pic.twitter.com/B0qGToBJqV
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Vincent Price - The Last Man On Earth (1964) https://t.co/SlE67SLaOM pic.twitter.com/wwOcKX5hSk
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Vincent Price - The Last Man On Earth (1964) https://t.co/SlE67SLaOM pic.twitter.com/Z6BTUqI6eG
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Vincent Price - The Last Man On Earth (1964) https://t.co/SlE67SLaOM pic.twitter.com/bBWYwQALVc
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Vincent Price - The Last Man On Earth (1964) https://t.co/SlE67SLaOM pic.twitter.com/ydb72jeWfQ
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Vincent Price - The Last Man On Earth (1964) https://t.co/SlE67SLaOM pic.twitter.com/6idYTEzQY6
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Vincent Price - The Last Man On Earth (1964) https://t.co/SlE67SLaOM pic.twitter.com/sjBnJqHNbe
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
“Have a chick-n-que”
1960 Mazola Corn Oil adhttps://t.co/kPNoHqsk7M pic.twitter.com/BLtfAeIxJ6
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
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— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Jimmy is shockingly wripped https://t.co/FB1o6rK5q5 pic.twitter.com/OhAE1fbvZO
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Spaceship House, Signal Mountain, Tennessee https://t.co/nopAORYPQC pic.twitter.com/XJ9EpTkDV1
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Kenner’s Scottie Bagpipe will play automatically for 2 minutes after inflating. You just need to continue to blow gently and finger the pipes. 1962. (via Vintage-Ads) https://t.co/CfYtMODxkk pic.twitter.com/dwWsTOFrJc
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
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— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
The Complete Priest’s Handbook https://t.co/6ET7tNu71s pic.twitter.com/MD65cx6zgn
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Westinghouse walkie-talkies: “Plug one in near the baby’s crib and presto, you’ve got yourself an electronic baby sitter.” https://t.co/82TFZsjYN1 pic.twitter.com/r3Kdlpjvl7
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
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— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
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— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Murmansk, 1970s #socmod photo via #brutgroup #socheritage https://t.co/xaTmpIiQJh pic.twitter.com/Jtkc5U5ae7
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
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— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
1964 Volkswagen Ad https://t.co/YZNRBSe8m3 pic.twitter.com/7FidNwpEJr
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
The Angry Red Planet (1959) https://t.co/0bcuOVs7ad pic.twitter.com/u8GX9gn8hf
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
Chamber of Chills ~ Harvey Comics in-house ad, 1952. https://t.co/hMtDzkUSQP pic.twitter.com/SlL1iiHLqC
— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
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— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023
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— Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr) (@doctorow) April 5, 2023