Details are important to me. Things that have interesting shapes and colors are pleasing to the eye and often provoke thought or allow the imagination to run wild.
Here are some details from the 1950s exhibit last week.
Look at those colors! The shapes! The Atomic style is just a lot of fun!
Given how much advertising I see on a daily basis, it’s surprising this increase isn’t more substantial. Although this was from eight years ago so it certainly is drastically more today.
From the front end of a 1957 Chevy Bellaire.
Check out that unusual rusty color. And the headlights! Oh my!
I’ve never quite understood the purpose of a mirror on a cigarette machine but it’s a great place for yours truly to get a selfie. Really- is it so you can see how cool you look with your pack of smokes? Maybe it’s so you can see who is coming up behind you, especially important for spies and for anyone trying to keep tabs on a potential mate in a crowd!
And finally, I never walk past a radio without taking a picture. This one sits atop the fridge in the Lustron kitchen.
What details do you enjoy? Or maybe you’re a big picture kind of person? Tell me!
The highlight though is a Lustron home that is staged to represent a nuclear family’s home in central Ohio in the fifties.
Lustron was one of the first prefab homes in the country and manufactured in central Ohio. The company was short lived but some of these homes can still be found around the country.
They have a number of interesting things here but this was hands down my favorite feature of this museum.