Tag Archives: 1970′s

The LIMTV: the Department of Transportation’s electro-magnetic propulsion vehicle from the 70s

November 20, 2011 @ 11:08 pm

Photo: Bruce McAllister/NARA Take a look at this! It turns out the Department of Transportation had a somewhat working noiseless propulsion vehicle known as the LIMTV (linear induction motor test vehicle) as far back as the 1970s. It worked on … Continue reading →

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Unionmade 1970′s Mountain Parka

August 12, 2011 @ 6:18 pm

Expensive, but this jacket is real nice.

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Project Nim movie trailer

May 18, 2011 @ 8:28 pm

Here’s the trailer for Project Nim, the true story of the breakthrough scientific study in the 70′s to teach a chimpanzee to live like a human. I haven’t seen the film yet, but this trailer for the film — which … Continue reading →

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Video about New York City transportation in the 1970′s

April 12, 2011 @ 10:04 pm

Heh, check out this video I found over at ANIMALNY of different folks saying how public transit in NYC during the 1970′s straight-up sucked. I like those tags on the side of that bus.

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Legendary graffiti writers on AM New York cover

April 1, 2009 @ 3:22 pm

Chino makes a good note about how the cover image for the March 26, 2009 issue of AM New York featured an old image of the New York City Subway with lots of legendary graffiti tags from the 1970′s. Very, … Continue reading →

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