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1961 second print; Psycho by Robert Bloch. Movie Tie-in. Alfred Hitchcock's movie starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles and John Gavin.
SADDLE UP – For you’re about to join a hard-bitten cattle detective as he rides to danger and adventure.
SADDLE UP – And get ready to gallop with him as he roars into the wild Indian territory where renegade bullets find a man’s back an easy target.
SADDLE UP – Ride hell-bent for leather down the trail to a hidden valley – but keep your guns loose in your holster – ‘cause you’re riding to an outlaw showdown in THE RENEGADE HILLS!!!
“Sophia Loren – sultry, saucy, smoldering, as the exotic Grecian girl who offered torrid love and daring intrigue to the man who would skin-dive with her for the priceless pagan statue – “Boy on a Dolphin” lost for 2000 years on the bed of the danger-charged Aegean Sea!”
Movie clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4nc5GXC0Is
1952 1st Print; Roro Ringelnatz {Ausgewählte Gedichte} von Joachim Ringelnatz. Cover art by Gisela Pferdmenges und Karl Gröning Jr.
1961 2nd Print; Expedition to Earth by Arthur C. Clarke. 11 short stories. Cover art by Richard Powers
1959 PBO; Another Night, another Love by Loren Beauchamp (pseudonym of Robert Silverberg) unknown Artist
AN EPIC DRAMA OF VIOLENT PASSIONS, HEROIC BATTLES, LOVES PURE AND IMPURE . . .
Here is the thrill-packed saga of Roland and Charlemagne . . . set against the background of feudal France locked in death-struggle with Moorish Spain.
1964; The Fall of the Roman Empire by Harry Whittington. Photo cover. Movie Tie-inn with Sophia Loren, Stephen Boyd, Alec Guiness, James Mason and Christopher Plummer.
1951; A Streetcar named Desire by Tennessee Williams. Cover art by Thomas Hart Benton. Movie Tie-in. Starring Vivian Leigh as Blanche DuBois
Jupiter's moon Ganymede is perhaps a bit larger than our own. "On this world, where air currents swirl about precipitous mountain slopes, the glider principle prevails." -- Henry Gade, author of "Glider of Ganymede."
When the composer of an opera about a swashbuckling, wenching highwayman meets his hero’s real-life counterpart, he’s disappointed with his lack of dash. This film version of John Gay’s 1728 ballad opera is directed by Peter Brook and stars Laurence Olivier, Dorothy Tutin, Stanley Holloway and others. Olivier and Holloway do their own singing in the film, but Dorothy Tutin and several others were dubbed.
Scene from the movie: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nU6p3Ubq42U&list=PLzY8m1u5A-E...
Manufactured by Voigtländer & Sohn AG, Braunschweig, West Germany
Model: 1959, (Produced between 1958-60)
35 mm film Rangefinder camera
Engravings on the top plate: Voigtlander Prominent II
Lens: Voigtlander Ultron 50mm f/2 , interchangeable w/ 35-50-100-150mm lenses, Prominent bayonet mount , serial no.4704441
Aperture: f/2 - f/16, setting ring and scale on the lens
Focus range: 3.5 - 60 feet (1-18m), +inf
Lens release: a latch on the lower front side of the lens, push and turn simultaneously to anti-clockwise, mounting: push the latch and simultaneously mount and turn the lens
Focusing: matching yellow rangefinder images in the viewfinder, by turning the knob on left of the top plate, the distance and DOF scale on the knob
Shutter: Synchro-Compur leaf shutter, speeds 1-1/500 +B,
setting ring and scale on the shutter, just behind the lens
Shutter release: on the top plate
Cable release socket: on the top plate, just back of the shutter release button
Viewfinder: coupled rangefinder, bright frame lines for parallax correction of 35,50,100 and 150mm lenses, (the second largest frame is for 50mm),
very bright sight, a special feature of the Voigtlander view- and rangefinder cameras
Cocking lever: also winds the film, long stroke lever on right of the top plate,
must stroke two times for cocking the shutter and winding one frame
Frame counter: coupled with winding lever, beneath it, advance type, manual setting
Film release button: only for re-loading of the partly exposed films, on the back of the top-plate, covered with the winding lever
Re-wind release button: just beside the winding knob and turns when winding
Re-winding: by a pop-up semi-circle shaped lever located on the focusing button
Re-winding indicator: small chrome part with red screw like middle, turns when re-winding, on the bottom plate
PC sync socket: on the right uppper side of the shutter
X & M sync: setting by a green lever on the shutter, all speeds
Self-timer: a lever on the shutter
Cold - shoe
Strap lugs
Film memory indicator: on the bottom plate
Backcover: hinged, opens by a latch on the left side of the camera
Tripod socket modern 1/4'', w/ an adaptor screw for old types 3/8''
Body: metal; weight: 970g
serial no. C 78010
Prominent II is one of the best mechanically and optically design Rangefinder with interchangable lens system camera, the first of this type and has a unique appearance.
It was made by Voigtlander for the competition with Leicas and Contaxes.
It had a very special and unique reflex-housing part and turnit finder as accessories,
Voigtländer is one of the the world's oldest companies for optical instruments. Founded by Johann Christoph Voigtländer in the year 1756 in Vienna (Austria), it was the first factory for optical instruments and precision mechanics there.
1931 Voigtländer entered the mass market with the BESSA camera for 6x9 format.
1939 the VITO, their first camera for 35mm film, was well received by the customers.
1970 Voigtländer was merged with Zeiss-Ikon.
1974 Voigtländer became part of Rollei .
Since 1987 Ricoh and Chinon make cameras for Voigtländer.
In 1994 the last part of the original Voigtländer company in Braunschweig was closed.
In 1995 Ringfoto bought Plusfoto and the Voigtländer brand.
In 1999 the popular 35mm viewfinder camera body Bessa L was introduced, developed and produced by Cosina
During the 20th century the Skopar and Color Skopar lenses became the standard lenses for Voigtländer's own cameras.
more info
Manufactured by Voigtländer & Sohn AG, Braunschweig, West Germany
Model: 1959, (Produced between 1958-60)
35 mm film Rangefinder camera
Engravings on the top plate: Voigtlander Prominent II
Lens: Voigtlander Ultron 50mm f/2 , interchangeable w/ 35-50-100-150mm lenses, Prominent bayonet mount , serial no.4704441
Aperture: f/2 - f/16, setting ring and scale on the lens
Focus range: 3.5 - 60 feet (1-18m), +inf
Lens release: a latch on the lower front side of the lens, push and turn simultaneously to anti-clockwise, mounting: push the latch and simultaneously mount and turn the lens
Focusing: matching yellow rangefinder images in the viewfinder, by turning the knob on left of the top plate, the distance and DOF scale on the knob
Shutter: Synchro-Compur leaf shutter, speeds 1-1/500 +B,
setting ring and scale on the shutter, just behind the lens
Shutter release: on the top plate
Cable release socket: on the top plate, just back of the shutter release button
Viewfinder: coupled rangefinder, bright frame lines for parallax correction of 35,50,100 and 150mm lenses, (the second largest frame is for 50mm),
very bright sight, a special feature of the Voigtlander view- and rangefinder cameras
Cocking lever: also winds the film, long stroke lever on right of the top plate,
must stroke two times for cocking the shutter and winding one frame
Frame counter: coupled with winding lever, beneath it, advance type, manual setting
Film release button: only for re-loading of the partly exposed films, on the back of the top-plate, covered with the winding lever
Re-wind release button: just beside the winding knob and turns when winding
Re-winding: by a pop-up semi-circle shaped lever located on the focusing button
Re-winding indicator: small chrome part with red screw like middle, turns when re-winding, on the bottom plate
PC sync socket: on the right uppper side of the shutter
X & M sync: setting by a green lever on the shutter, all speeds
Self-timer: a lever on the shutter
Cold - shoe
Strap lugs
Film memory indicator: on the bottom plate
Backcover: hinged, opens by a latch on the left side of the camera
Tripod socket modern 1/4'', w/ an adaptor screw for old types 3/8''
Body: metal; weight: 970g
serial no. C 78010
Prominent II is one of the best mechanically and optically design Rangefinder with interchangable lens system camera, the first of this type and has a unique appearance.
It was made by Voigtlander for the competition with Leicas and Contaxes.
It had a very special and unique reflex-housing part and turnit finder as accessories,
Voigtländer is one of the the world's oldest companies for optical instruments. Founded by Johann Christoph Voigtländer in the year 1756 in Vienna (Austria), it was the first factory for optical instruments and precision mechanics there.
1931 Voigtländer entered the mass market with the BESSA camera for 6x9 format.
1939 the VITO, their first camera for 35mm film, was well received by the customers.
1970 Voigtländer was merged with Zeiss-Ikon.
1974 Voigtländer became part of Rollei .
Since 1987 Ricoh and Chinon make cameras for Voigtländer.
In 1994 the last part of the original Voigtländer company in Braunschweig was closed.
In 1995 Ringfoto bought Plusfoto and the Voigtländer brand.
In 1999 the popular 35mm viewfinder camera body Bessa L was introduced, developed and produced by Cosina
During the 20th century the Skopar and Color Skopar lenses became the standard lenses for Voigtländer's own cameras.
more info
1945 4th Print; Opera by Edward J. Dent. Love the text on the back: 'We regret that owing to war conditions copies of Operas are temporarily obtainable on hire only!' Drawings by Kay Ambrose. 1st print published in may 1940 in Great Britain.
Manufactured by Voigtländer & Sohn AG, Braunschweig, West Germany
Model: 1959, (Produced between 1958-60)
35 mm film Rangefinder camera
Engravings on the top plate: Voigtlander Prominent II
Lens: Voigtlander Ultron 50mm f/2 , interchangeable w/ 35-50-100-150mm lenses, Prominent bayonet mount , serial no.4704441
Aperture: f/2 - f/16, setting ring and scale on the lens
Focus range: 3.5 - 60 feet (1-18m), +inf
Lens release: a latch on the lower front side of the lens, push and turn simultaneously to anti-clockwise, mounting: push the latch and simultaneously mount and turn the lens
Focusing: matching yellow rangefinder images in the viewfinder, by turning the knob on left of the top plate, the distance and DOF scale on the knob
Shutter: Synchro-Compur leaf shutter, speeds 1-1/500 +B,
setting ring and scale on the shutter, just behind the lens
Shutter release: on the top plate
Cable release socket: on the top plate, just back of the shutter release button
Viewfinder: coupled rangefinder, bright frame lines for parallax correction of 35,50,100 and 150mm lenses, (the second largest frame is for 50mm),
very bright sight, a special feature of the Voigtlander view- and rangefinder cameras
Cocking lever: also winds the film, long stroke lever on right of the top plate,
must stroke two times for cocking the shutter and winding one frame
Frame counter: coupled with winding lever, beneath it, advance type, manual setting
Film release button: only for re-loading of the partly exposed films, on the back of the top-plate, covered with the winding lever
Re-wind release button: just beside the winding knob and turns when winding
Re-winding: by a pop-up semi-circle shaped lever located on the focusing button
Re-winding indicator: small chrome part with red screw like middle, turns when re-winding, on the bottom plate
PC sync socket: on the right uppper side of the shutter
X & M sync: setting by a green lever on the shutter, all speeds
Self-timer: a lever on the shutter
Cold - shoe
Strap lugs
Film memory indicator: on the bottom plate
Backcover: hinged, opens by a latch on the left side of the camera
Tripod socket modern 1/4'', w/ an adaptor screw for old types 3/8''
Body: metal; weight: 970g
serial no. C 78010
Prominent II is one of the best mechanically and optically design Rangefinder with interchangable lens system camera, the first of this type and has a unique appearance.
It was made by Voigtlander for the competition with Leicas and Contaxes.
It had a very special and unique reflex-housing part and turnit finder as accessories,
Voigtländer is one of the the world's oldest companies for optical instruments. Founded by Johann Christoph Voigtländer in the year 1756 in Vienna (Austria), it was the first factory for optical instruments and precision mechanics there.
1931 Voigtländer entered the mass market with the BESSA camera for 6x9 format.
1939 the VITO, their first camera for 35mm film, was well received by the customers.
1970 Voigtländer was merged with Zeiss-Ikon.
1974 Voigtländer became part of Rollei .
Since 1987 Ricoh and Chinon make cameras for Voigtländer.
In 1994 the last part of the original Voigtländer company in Braunschweig was closed.
In 1995 Ringfoto bought Plusfoto and the Voigtländer brand.
In 1999 the popular 35mm viewfinder camera body Bessa L was introduced, developed and produced by Cosina
During the 20th century the Skopar and Color Skopar lenses became the standard lenses for Voigtländer's own cameras.
more info
1958; Backcover detail of a Movie Tie-in with Brigitte Bardot. Best of Balzac. Brigitte as Mademoiselle Striptease in the motion picture 'Please! Mr. Balzac'
Amazing Stories / Magazin-Reihe
> advertisement / Mammoth Western
(Mildred Gordon / Death Rides The Range)
Editor: Raymond A. Palmer
Ziff-Davis Publishing Company / USA 1948
Reprint: Comic-Club NK 2010
ex libris MTP
Kodachrome II
Kodachrome-X
Ektachrome-X
Ektachrome HS
1970/July, “Photo” (photography magazine from France).
Back cover.
"Winter Days and Summer Days are THERMOS Days and Christmas is the Best Thermos Day of all."
"Thermos serves you right -- food or drink -- hot without fire --cold without ice."
"Winner of the Grand Prize at every International Exposition."
2023 PUBLIC ART IN PUBLIC SPACES photography calendar of 2022 images by ELVERT BARNES
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Out of curiosity I asked Bing Copilot, “What do you see as the major weaknesses in this pulp-era space suit?”
This 1951 concept of a space suit is a fascinating artifact—part visionary, part naïve optimism. It reflects early Cold War-era assumptions about space travel, filtered through pulp-era aesthetics and technological imagination. Here are some major weaknesses in the design, both from a technical and philosophical standpoint:
Technical Vulnerabilities
•Limited Oxygen Supply - Three hours of oxygen is woefully insufficient for most space missions. Even early extravehicular activities (EVAs) in the 1960s required longer durations, and modern suits support up to 8 hours or more.
•Lucite Helmet - Lucite (a form of acrylic) is brittle and prone to cracking under stress or impact. In space, where micrometeoroids and thermal extremes are constant threats, this material would be dangerously inadequate.
•Lead Glasses for Radiation Protection - While lead can block certain types of radiation, using lead glasses alone is insufficient. Cosmic rays and solar particle events require more comprehensive shielding—ideally integrated into the suit’s entire structure.
•Rubberized Fabric with Bellows Joints - Rubber degrades quickly under UV radiation and extreme temperatures. Bellows joints may allow movement, but they’re mechanically complex and prone to failure. Modern suits use layered materials like Nomex, Kevlar, and Mylar for durability and insulation.
•External Belt Unit - Housing critical electronics like a Geiger counter and radio in an exposed belt is risky. These components need shielding and redundancy, ideally embedded within the suit’s torso to protect against damage and radiation.
Conceptual Oversights
•No Mention of Thermal Regulation - Space isn’t just cold—it’s thermally volatile. Without active thermal control (like liquid cooling garments), the wearer could overheat or freeze depending on exposure.
•No Waste Management System - Even short missions require some form of waste collection. The absence of any mention of this reflects a lack of biological realism.
•No Mobility Enhancements - The suit seems to rely on passive joint design. Modern suits use bearings and articulated joints to allow astronauts to move with precision and reduced fatigue.
•No Redundancy or Emergency Systems - There’s no mention of backup oxygen, pressure regulation, or emergency beaconing—critical for survival in case of suit breach or system failure.
Philosophical and Cultural Reflections
This suit embodies a mid-century belief in technological triumphalism: that a few clever tweaks could bridge the gap between high-altitude flight and space exploration. It’s a relic of a time when space was imagined as an extension of aviation, not a radically different environment requiring new paradigms of design, biology, and systems thinking.
It’s also telling that the suit emphasizes visibility (“360° vision”) and gadgetry (push-button controls), reflecting a pulp-era fascination with control and surveillance—rather than survivability or adaptability.
Would you like to explore how this suit compares to modern EVA suits like NASA’s EMU or SpaceX’s IVA suits? Or maybe dive into how pulp fiction shaped public perceptions of space technology?