A Kodachrome photo of Picadilly Circus, London, in 1949. More here.

I really dig Xplanes’ Sunday Fantasy feature. This is a Goodyear advertisement published right after the end of World War II in Europe. Why are airships such a cliché in positive views of The Future? Perhaps because airships are quiet and gentle.

I beg to differ: In my opinion, if airships ever become a common feature of our skies, that only means we’ve really scorched our atmosphere for good.

Gerard Van der Leun found a stash of photos of Los Angeles taken by Ansel Adams in the early 1940s. I love the pulp magazines in the front. (via Kottke)