"The designers were populists, you see; they were trying to give the public what it wanted. What the public wanted was the future."
- William Gibson, "The Gernsback Continuum"
Following up on
yesterday's post, I'm sharing more images from my Raygun Gothic photo collection. These buildings reflect an early- to mid-twentieth century fascination with the
moderne, a stylized version of "the future" where the buildings seem to be copied from
Flash Gorden comics and
Amazing Stories pulp magazines [
Learn more]. Here's part two!
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| Disney's Celebration, Florida |
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| Carthage, Missouri |
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| South Beach, Miami |
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| Salinas, California |
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| South Beach, Miami |
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| Sacramento, California |
(Photographs by Andrew Wood)
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