#mechanix illustrated

[thegikitiki]

UrbaSport Trimuter Electric Vehicle

Mechanix Illustrated, February 1980

[evilhorse]

Article on George Towson and autogyros (from The Rocketeer Adventure Magazine #1 circa July 1989)

[kaitropoli]

Cosmic Ray-Gun

MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED (VOL. 37, ISS. 5).

Magazine illustration, March 1947.

Archive Link.

Sorry for the shit quality; my laptop was dry-heaving so bad I had to take a screenshot and shut everything down.

Besides that, I'm sad to say that this magazine was discontinued in 2001, but apparently, it was merged with This Old House (and, according to quick research, they stopped making issues now??). There's no winning lmfao. I mean, you can always turn to Popular Mechanics. However, nothing will ever beat the golden era of science and sci-fi, which peaked in all these early magazines (Yes, PM is considered ancient by today's standards ((technically, magazines are ancient--even reading one online makes you feel somewhat decrepit)). Still, it doesn't have that pizazz anymore... soz to break it to y'all).

[gallimaufryish]

[billlaotian]

[lonestarflight]

Speculative art of a jet powered Lockheed P-38 Lightning.

Published in March 1944.

Mechanix Illustrated 1944-03: Vol 32 Iss 5: link

source

[kenandeliza]

Silly caller (idea for a future work)

(Billy is shown to host a talkshow on his radio broadcasts with his guest, and his experience living in a haunted mansion, a mischievous ghost can be seen to the readers but not to Billy and His guest)

Mr spook: "and that's how it is, whenever you see a house sold very cheap, it's one of the signs of it being haunted. "

Billy on his radio: "Alright folks, we're going over to the QnA section live on the phone, Call this following number to ask our special guest a question"

(Billy gives out the number on live)

(The telephone rings, the ghost purposely possesed the telephone line and speak himself)

Billy:"alright, so who's our lucky inquirer?"

Ghost: "Hey um, delivery service??? May I have a double cheeseburger?"

Billy:"...sir, this is not wendys, you're on live radio-"

(Call gets abruptly ended by Billy)

(Telephone rings again)

Ghost: "you didn't let me finished! Now I want a double cheeseburger with a side of extra large fries-"

Billy getting slightly angrier: "Sir for the last time! this is not a wendy's!!"

mr Spook: "Bah! The same thing happened to me in my house last time! Your phone is haunted!"

Billy:*sighs* "Alright folks, while we take care of that problem, on to the commercial break with our associates with Mechanix Illustrated!"

[misforgotten2]

Is that rocket between your legs or are you glad to see me?

Mechanix Illustrated November 1951

[scifiseries]

"Let’s Use Helicopter Cavalry (Apr, 1956) - Swooping in suddenly, helitroopers on powerful “sky horses” could wreak havoc with enemy troops. Article and illustrations by Frank Tinsley for Mechanix Illustrated."

[majormisunderstanding]

Aboard a New York fire boat a firefighter operates a 3,000 gallon-per-minute monitor.

From Mechanix Illustrated, October 1939.

[adtothebone]

Fly me to the moon

Let me play among the stars

Let me see what spring is like

On a-Jupiter and Mars

Mechanix Illustrated — September 1945

[thegikitiki]

Some Men Taste It All...

Camel Cigarettes Ad, 1980

[thejazzera]

Modern Mechanix, 1930s

Found in The Golden Age of Illustration Project thread.

[jamesbondlexicon]

Mechanix Illustrated takes the prize for the most cringe-worthy use of a DB5 on a cover back in December 1965.

[stevishabitat]

Planning Your '44 V-GARDEN

by Andrew S. Wing Secretary-Menager National Victory Garden Institute

LAST year, challenged by the possibility of the greatest food crisis in history, 20,000,000 American families rolled up their sleeves and planted Victory Gardens. As a result we have had plenty of food this winter for home use and the fighting men on all fronts as well as our gallant allies. Canned goods have recently been so plentiful that few people, watching the points go down, have, like the grasshopper in the fable, questioned whether they should work a garden this summer or not.

The answer to these slightly disillusioned persons is that they mustn't be fooled by any Temporary sign of a food surplus for this is more apparent than real. Food officials in Washington and authorities everywhere are yeally concerned about the needs for food that lie just ahead, after the invasion starts. The prudent householder will therefore, garden this year as ardently as in 1943 and on as extensive a scale as his facilities, time and energy permit.

Even if this were not the prudent as well as the patriotic course to follow, millians of Americans, having enjoyed for the first time the flavor and quality of garden-fresh vegetables, would undoubtedly plant and garden this year just to have their own good food for the table or for canning, freezing or drying.

Garden chairmen and leaders agree that certain lessons were learned last season that all can profit from even experienced gardeners. Some plots were much too large, but more of them were too small to be given a profitable return on the time and supplies invested. At least 1,500 square feet, that is...

Mechanix Illustrated

[kaitropoli]

A Post Masterlist

(Posts sorted by century ((tagged links)) and by latest year created).

+ Still working on...

21st Century

Me - Kaitropoli | 2025

“In Flames” - Ratsandlilies | 2020

“A Girl Hides Secrets” - Nicoletta Ceccoli | 2017

“The right hand that knows what the left is doing” - Giovanni Gasparro | 2011

20th Century

NGC 1999 - ESA/Hubble & NASA, ESO, K. Noll | 1999

1967 Pontiac Firebird 400 - Pontiac Motor Division | 1967

Cosmic Ray-Gun - MECHANIX ILLUSTRATED | 1947

“Metropolis” (film) | 1927

“Mannequin Head” (statue) | 1925

“Das Hohelied Salomos” (№11) - Egon Tschirch | 1923

“Temptation” - Raphael Kirchner | c. 1916

“Soir” - Gabriel Ferrier | 1911

19th Century

Tomb of a Suicide - Wilhelm Kotarbiński | 1900

“Flowers and Mirror” - Abbott Fuller Graves | 1897

"Calypso's Isle" - Herbert James Draper | 1897

British Bats at Home - Cassell’s Natural History | 1896

“La Muse verte” - Albert Maignan | 1895

“The Silent Voice” - Gerald Edward Moira | c. 1892-1893

“Rynek Starego Miasta w Warszawie nocą” - Józef Pankiewicz | 1892

“Entrée de Jeanne d'Arc à Orléans” - Jean-Jacques Scherrer | 1887

Cleopatra - Gustave Moreau | c. 1887

La Porte de l'Enfer - Auguste Rodin | 1880-1917 unfin.

“The Genius of Advertising Could No Further Go” - National Police Gazette | 1880

Le Martyre de Saint Denis - Léon Bonnat | c. 1870s

The Vision of the Valley of the Dry Bones - Gustave Doré | 1866

Frog and Fish Footmen - Sir John Tenniel | 1865

“Choosing” (Ellen Terry) - George Frederic Watts | 1864

Étude Au bord de l'eau - Berthe Morisot | 1864

“L'Atelier du peintre. Allégorie réelle déterminant une phase de sept années de ma vie artistique et morale” - Gustave Courbet | 1855

“Les Prétendants” - Gustave Moreau | 1852-1882 unfin.

“Portrait de Madame Sabatier” - Vincent Vidal | c. 1850

“Stürmische See mit Leuchtturm” - Carl Blechen | c.1826

18th Century

The Rhinoceros - Pietro Longhi | 1751

17th Century

“Louise-Marie de Bourbon, dite Mademoiselle de Tours; La fillette aux bulles de savon” - Pierre Mignard | 1681

Moonlit Landscape with a View of the New Amstel River and Castle Kostverloren - Aert van der Neer | 1647

“La Tentazione di Sant’Antonio” - Salvator Rosa | c.1645

“Incostanza. Allegory of "Vægelsindet”“ - Abraham Janssens I | c. 1615-1618

15th Century

“Annunciazione” - Leonardo da Vinci | c. 1472-1476

8th Century

Pałaso Dogal - Venezia, Veneto. (architecture) | 7th century.

BCE

The Colossus of Rhodes (statue) | c.282 bce