• @samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    A microfilm viewer is definitely the inspiration, but is this 1930s? It looks more like 1950s to me. Even then, notice that the thing holding the screen is huge. I can’t find an image of a definitively 1930s one, but I did find this proof of concept for a home one from 1935. Pretty different form factor.

    • MrsDoyle
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      12 days ago

      I don’t think they had passenger dirigibles in the 1950s, they were phased out earlier. They crashed and burned too much.

        • MrsDoyle
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          224 hours ago

          Headline: “Dirigible downed at sea”.

          Onlooker: “Hm, 20 dead and 15 missing.”

          • @samus12345@sh.itjust.works
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            22 hours ago

            Ohh, now I get what you’re talking about. I was referring to this picture looking 50s rather than 30s:

            The OP image is established to have been drawn in 1934.