fut/Mars_vr_bw_o_n (ca. 1960, poss. Boeing Airplane Co. photo, 2B4179-12)
“The explorers are ready to leave Mars. The ship’s aft end is used as a launching platform for the escape to Earth.”
One of the many gorgeous Boeing/USAF depictions of Philip Bono’s vision for the exploration of Mars.
I believe the original printing of the photo to be circa 1960, which this may or may not be. The handwritten year on the verso may suggest it to be a “reissue”, possibly accounting for the less than crisp image. Or it may just represent the year it was (re?)released for press purposes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There are several dulled blotches on the surface, fortunately only visible when viewed obliquely and at the appropriate angle with respect to the light source.
To me, the signature might be "Coffin". If so, maybe James L. Coffin? Per the ARCHIVES WEST website:
"James Coffin (1931-2007), came to Seattle to work for Boeing in 1962 after attending ArtCenter in Los Angeles and working as an art director in Washington, DC. In 1964, he started his own advertising business, later entering animation through title design. A self-taught character animator, he produced work for Weyerhauser, Boeing, AT&T, Farrell's, Pacific Northwest Bell, and Fred Meyer as well as interactive installations, educational films and rotoscoped chalk animation for the Seattle Opera’s 1972 premiere of “The Black Widow.” Coffin maintained an active studio through the 1970s, employing up to ten other artists at a time. Coffin also was noted for his course in 2-D animation offered to Seattle artists and filmmakers."
At:
archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv69714
Although the years of Boeing employment cited doesn't quite match up with my time estimation, it's still worthy of consideration.
Pertinent information & additional images, at David S. F. Portree’s superlative “No Shortage of Dreams” blog:
spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-martian-adven...
Finally:
I think all of the SDASM Bono/Boeing Mars glider images here on this image hosting service - of those that have their original photo ID visible - end with "R1". Likely/possibly being "Revision 1"?
Sure enough, when you compare my posted photos to the SDASM versions of the same, the markings on the wing of the glider are "USAF", along with the USAF roundel. The equivalent SDASM "R1" images bear the U. S. flag and "USA". It seems that the “R1” images were "demilitarized".
fut/Mars_vr_bw_o_n (ca. 1960, poss. Boeing Airplane Co. photo, 2B4179-12)
“The explorers are ready to leave Mars. The ship’s aft end is used as a launching platform for the escape to Earth.”
One of the many gorgeous Boeing/USAF depictions of Philip Bono’s vision for the exploration of Mars.
I believe the original printing of the photo to be circa 1960, which this may or may not be. The handwritten year on the verso may suggest it to be a “reissue”, possibly accounting for the less than crisp image. Or it may just represent the year it was (re?)released for press purposes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
There are several dulled blotches on the surface, fortunately only visible when viewed obliquely and at the appropriate angle with respect to the light source.
To me, the signature might be "Coffin". If so, maybe James L. Coffin? Per the ARCHIVES WEST website:
"James Coffin (1931-2007), came to Seattle to work for Boeing in 1962 after attending ArtCenter in Los Angeles and working as an art director in Washington, DC. In 1964, he started his own advertising business, later entering animation through title design. A self-taught character animator, he produced work for Weyerhauser, Boeing, AT&T, Farrell's, Pacific Northwest Bell, and Fred Meyer as well as interactive installations, educational films and rotoscoped chalk animation for the Seattle Opera’s 1972 premiere of “The Black Widow.” Coffin maintained an active studio through the 1970s, employing up to ten other artists at a time. Coffin also was noted for his course in 2-D animation offered to Seattle artists and filmmakers."
At:
archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv69714
Although the years of Boeing employment cited doesn't quite match up with my time estimation, it's still worthy of consideration.
Pertinent information & additional images, at David S. F. Portree’s superlative “No Shortage of Dreams” blog:
spaceflighthistory.blogspot.com/2015/09/the-martian-adven...
Finally:
I think all of the SDASM Bono/Boeing Mars glider images here on this image hosting service - of those that have their original photo ID visible - end with "R1". Likely/possibly being "Revision 1"?
Sure enough, when you compare my posted photos to the SDASM versions of the same, the markings on the wing of the glider are "USAF", along with the USAF roundel. The equivalent SDASM "R1" images bear the U. S. flag and "USA". It seems that the “R1” images were "demilitarized".