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My History Fix

the Fun Side of History!

SCIENCE & TECH

What impacts our quality of life more than science and technology? From dealing with weather, to the food we eat and the clothes we wear, to the way we communicate…really the list goes on! It’s fun to look back and see what the future looked like to previous generations,
and also to see how the amenities we are so accustomed to came to be.

23rd Jun 2016RETROFUTURISM

Categories: Science & Tech, TransportationTags: automobile, city planning, communication, driving, facetime, flying, futuristic, retrofuturism, space travel, surveillance, weather control

RETROFUTURISM

12th May 20161968: THE WORLD IN TRANSITION

Categories: Civics & Rights, Science & TechTags: 1968 Olympics, 1968 World Series, Apollo 8, Black Power, civil rights, Detroit Tigers, Events of 1968, feminism, first word processor, Martin Luther King, MLK, RFK, Robert Fitzgerald Kennedy, Shirley Chisholm, St Louis Arch, Vietnam

1968: THE WORLD IN TRANSITION

6th Feb 2015SNOW! SNOW! SNOW!

Categories: Science & TechTags: snow, snow blower, snow plow, snow removal, weather, winter

SNOW! SNOW! SNOW!

18th Jul 2014THE FUTURE…AS VIEWED FROM 1938

Categories: Science & Tech, TransportationTags: air travel, DC-4, future, inventions, june 1938, popular mechanics

THE FUTURE…AS VIEWED FROM 1938

27th Jun 2014SUMMER HEAT: HOW DID THEY MANAGE?

Categories: Science & TechTags: air conditioning, climate control, electric fan, heat, summer

SUMMER HEAT: HOW DID THEY MANAGE?

13th Jun 2014VENDING MACHINES: FASCINATING, CONVENIENT, AND OLDER THAN YOU THINK!

Categories: Science & TechTags: automat, horn & hardart, marketing, vending machine

VENDING MACHINES: FASCINATING, CONVENIENT, AND OLDER THAN YOU THINK!

16th May 2014HOUSE OF TOMORROW: A MACHINE FOR LIVING

Categories: Architecture, Interior Design, Science & TechTags: 1933, Chicago, George Fred Keck, House of Tomorrow, mid-century modern, modernism, Worlds Fair

HOUSE OF TOMORROW: A MACHINE FOR LIVING

2nd May 2014MAUVE: THE COLOR THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

Categories: Fashion, Science & TechTags: aniline dye, chemistry, coal tar, mauve, victorian fashion, william perkin

MAUVE: THE COLOR THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

4th Apr 2014A VIKING LEGACY…IN MY PHONE?

Categories: Science & TechTags: bluetooth, harald blatand, technology, vikings

A VIKING LEGACY…IN MY PHONE?

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