Download or read book Space Toys of The 60 s written by James H. Gillam and published by Apogee Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toy collectors will treasure this anthology of space toys and robots designed in the 1960s.
Download or read book Action Figures of the 1980s written by John Marshall and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 430 color photographs and descriptions of the pocket-sized G.I. Joes*t, movie and TV characters, fantasy figures, He-Man*t, the Thunder Cats*t, super heroes, Transformers*t, and wrestling figures abound here. Price listings are provided for every figure shown and produced within particular product lines.
Download or read book Vintage Toys written by Jim Bunte and published by Antique Trader. This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on tin toys manufactured from World War I through to the 1970s, telling a story of toy-making impacted by focuses as divergent as changes in technology and the outbreak of war.
Download or read book Classic Toys of the 1960s and 1970s written by Arthur Ward and published by Crowood Press (UK). This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the early 1960s such famous toy brands as Airfix, Dinky, Corgi, FROG, Matchbox, Tri-ang, Meccano, Hornby and Scalextric had secured a firm hold on the imagination of children and hobbyists throughout the world. With over 400 colour photographs taken by the author, this is a reference work for the collector.
Download or read book Blast Off written by S. Mark Young and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the golden era of space toys, an age of imagination unbound by the more mundane realities of space travel ushered in by Sputnik and the Space Age. This book unearths the nearly lost histories of these space treasures and the companies that created them.
Download or read book Toys and American Culture written by Sharon M. Scott and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2009-12-09 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing developments in toy making and marketing across the evolving landscape of the 20th century, this encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference guide to America's most popular playthings and the culture to which they belong. From the origins of favorite playthings to their associations with events and activities, the study of a nation's toys reveals the hopes, goals, values, and priorities of its people. Toys have influenced the science, art, and religion of the United States, and have contributed to the development of business, politics, and medicine. Toys and American Culture: An Encyclopedia documents America's shifting cultural values as they are embedded within and transmitted by the nation's favorite playthings. Alphabetically arranged entries trace developments in toy making and toy marketing across the evolving landscape of 20th-century America. In addition to discussing the history of America's most influential toys, the book contains specific entries on the individuals, organizations, companies, and publications that gave shape to America's culture of play from 1900 to 2000. Toys from the two decades that frame the 20th century are also included, as bridges to the fascinating past—and the inspiring future—of American toys.
Download or read book What s Out There written by Lynn Wilson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1993-03-24 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the sun made of? What causes night and day? Why does the moon change shape? Colorful collage illustrations and an easy-to-understand text bring planets, stars, comets, and the wondrous things out there in space right down to earth in a simple introduction to the solar system for young armchair astronauts.
Download or read book Growth Pace Setters in American Industry 1958 1968 written by United States. Business and Defense Services Administration and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vintage Toys written by Alessandra Sardo and published by Earbooks. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Vintage & Classic Style Guide"--Front cover.
Download or read book Warman s Americana and Collectibles written by Harry L. Rinker and published by Warman Publishing Company. This book was released on 1985-10 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Toys in Space written by Mini Grey and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A very silly (not-too-scary) story about losing a beloved toy. That summer night, the toys were left outside. . . . For the very first time, the Wonderdoll, the helpful wind-up robot, the thoughtful green dinosaur, and the rest of their plucky gang lie in the grass, gazing up at the stars. But one star seems brighter than the rest. As it grows bigger and bigger, the toys realize it may not be a star at all! Soon they're venturing into the unknown, traveling by spaceship, where they meet a lonely alien in need of help, and some friends. From ever-inventive, award-winning author-illustrator Mini Grey comes a hilarious and heartfelt new adventure: a motley group of toys left outside in the garden become true friends and brave heroes--in space!
Download or read book The Official Price Guide to Collectibles of the 50 s and 60 s written by Charles J. Jordan and published by House of Collectibles. This book was released on 1987 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists the current value of art, pottery, Avon containers, furniture, advertisements, books, magazines, comics, dolls, toys, records, baseball cards, and memorabilia.
Download or read book Where s My Space Age written by Sean Topham and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sean Topham goes back to the future to follow the evolution of space-age design: from its conception in the 1950s to its decline in the 1970s and its retro-revival today. There are illustrations of household objects and "haute couture", advertising and comic books, plastics and interior design.
Download or read book Warman s Americana and Collectibles written by Edwin G. Warman and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flickers of Film written by Jason Sperb and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether paying tribute to silent films in Hugo and The Artist or celebrating arcade games in Tron: Legacy and Wreck-It-Ralph, Hollywood suddenly seems to be experiencing a wave of intense nostalgia for outmoded technologies. To what extent is that a sincere lament for modes of artistic production that have nearly vanished in an all-digital era? And to what extent is it simply a cynical marketing ploy, built on the notion that nostalgia has always been one of Hollywood’s top-selling products? In Flickers of Film, Jason Sperb offers nuanced and unexpected answers to these questions, examining the benefits of certain types of film nostalgia, while also critiquing how Hollywood’s nostalgic representations of old technologies obscure important aspects of their histories. He interprets this affection for the prehistory and infancy of digital technologies in relation to an industry-wide anxiety about how the digital has grown to dominate Hollywood, pushing it into an uncertain creative and economic future. Yet he also suggests that Hollywood’s nostalgia for old technologies ignores the professionals who once employed them, as well as the labor opportunities that have been lost through the computerization and outsourcing of film industry jobs. Though it deals with nostalgia, Flickers of Film is strikingly cutting-edge, one of the first studies to critically examine Pixar’s role in the film industry, cinematic representations of videogames, and the economic effects of participatory culture. As he takes in everything from Terminator: Salvation to The Lego Movie, Sperb helps us see what’s distinct about this recent wave of self-aware nostalgic films—how Hollywood nostalgia today isn’t what it used to be.
Download or read book Human Dimension and Interior Space written by Julius Panero and published by Watson-Guptill. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of human body measurements on a comparative basis is known as anthropometrics. Its applicability to the design process is seen in the physical fit, or interface, between the human body and the various components of interior space. Human Dimension and Interior Space is the first major anthropometrically based reference book of design standards for use by all those involved with the physical planning and detailing of interiors, including interior designers, architects, furniture designers, builders, industrial designers, and students of design. The use of anthropometric data, although no substitute for good design or sound professional judgment should be viewed as one of the many tools required in the design process. This comprehensive overview of anthropometrics consists of three parts. The first part deals with the theory and application of anthropometrics and includes a special section dealing with physically disabled and elderly people. It provides the designer with the fundamentals of anthropometrics and a basic understanding of how interior design standards are established. The second part contains easy-to-read, illustrated anthropometric tables, which provide the most current data available on human body size, organized by age and percentile groupings. Also included is data relative to the range of joint motion and body sizes of children. The third part contains hundreds of dimensioned drawings, illustrating in plan and section the proper anthropometrically based relationship between user and space. The types of spaces range from residential and commercial to recreational and institutional, and all dimensions include metric conversions. In the Epilogue, the authors challenge the interior design profession, the building industry, and the furniture manufacturer to seriously explore the problem of adjustability in design. They expose the fallacy of designing to accommodate the so-called average man, who, in fact, does not exist. Using government data, including studies prepared by Dr. Howard Stoudt, Dr. Albert Damon, and Dr. Ross McFarland, formerly of the Harvard School of Public Health, and Jean Roberts of the U.S. Public Health Service, Panero and Zelnik have devised a system of interior design reference standards, easily understood through a series of charts and situation drawings. With Human Dimension and Interior Space, these standards are now accessible to all designers of interior environments.
Download or read book NASA CORE Central Operation of Resources for Educators written by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
