The "Raygun Gothic Rocketship" is a retro space ship "built" in 1944. In reality, it is one of the biggest art projects for the forthcoming Burning Man festival.

The 1940s was a decade shaped by global conflict, post-war reconstruction, and the rise of Modernist ideals. And the typography of the era reflects these dramatic contrasts neatly, with the best ...

‘Modern Worlds: Austrian and German Art, 1890-1940’ Review: A Capital Introduction to Myriad Movements Neue Galerie New York stages a must-see, museum-wide exhibition with more than 300 works.

Soundies were 3-minute musical films which you could watch at a bar or club on a large jukebox with a screen. Film historian Susan Delson has curated a selection in Soundies: The Ultimate Collection.

Apr. 11—Two Norman residents are looking for help from the community to find historical items about town bands in Oklahoma. Scott Barger, a real estate appraiser, local historian and musician ...

Holiday movies of the 1940s are among my favorites. Hollywood was quick to become part of the war effort, and what better way to use movies than for propaganda purposes. The finest studio talents ...

The concepts in the MingKwai typewriter underlie how Chinese, Japanese and Korean are typed today. The typewriter, patented in 1946, was found last year in an upstate New York basement.

There are a few debates regarding what Harvard University was like in the 1940s. A 1965 Crimson article declares that, during the ’40s, “Harvard was almost the Berkeley of its time,” while a 1988 ...

To get more specific, scripted comedy podcasts have been around for a while, too. The closest thing I can compare “Popcorn for Dinner” to is radio shows in the 1940s, and even then, many of the ...