Dreams of Space

February 6, 2013 1:12 PM

Dreams of Space. A blog featuring art from non-fiction children's space flight books 1945-1975. Lots of great graphics, from the realistic to the now fanciful. I must also point out the wonderful Czech pop-up book and A Trip to Outer Space With Santa.
posted by marxchivist (8 comments total)

Lovely stuff. This picture is wonderful
posted by dng at 2:02 PM on February 6

This is great!
posted by brundlefly at 2:08 PM on February 6

RE the Czech pop-up book, my (Czech) wife claims text is in Russian, though blog quotes Prague (presumably printed there)? Any ideas if originally Czech or Russian?
posted by Gratishades at 2:14 PM on February 6

the future looks so much better in the past.
posted by TMezz at 2:57 PM on February 6

My favorite is about a poster featuring various spaceships. I became so obsessed with it that I tracked down the originals of each of the spaceships.
posted by Nyrath at 3:33 PM on February 6

Thank you for posting. Absolutely wonderful stuff. And I'm glad this site covered my favorite childhood book.
posted by honestcoyote at 3:44 PM on February 6

This is SWEET. I love this post so much - thanks for sharing!!
posted by sc114 at 4:16 PM on February 6

This is relevant to my interests. Thanks!
posted by Chutzler at 6:57 PM on February 6