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- Astro Manufacturing Cuff Links and Tie Clip Set, 1957-1963 - This cuff links and tie clasp set was produced by Astro Manufacturing, the producer of the full-size mechanical version of the bank depicted on them. This so-called Astro Missile Coin Bank, like the other banks produced by this company, drew upon Americans' interest in outer space during the mid-20th century. This set was a free gift when a bank placed its order.
- 1957-1963
- Collections - Artifact
Astro Manufacturing Cuff Links and Tie Clip Set, 1957-1963
This cuff links and tie clasp set was produced by Astro Manufacturing, the producer of the full-size mechanical version of the bank depicted on them. This so-called Astro Missile Coin Bank, like the other banks produced by this company, drew upon Americans' interest in outer space during the mid-20th century. This set was a free gift when a bank placed its order.
- Astro Manufacturing Cuff Links and Tie Clip Set, 1957-1963 - This cuff links and tie clasp set was produced by Astro Manufacturing, the producer of the full-size mechanical version of the bank depicted on them. This so-called Astro Missile Coin Bank, like the other banks produced by this company, drew upon Americans' interest in outer space during the mid-20th century. This set was a free gift when a bank placed its order.
- 1957-1963
- Collections - Artifact
Astro Manufacturing Cuff Links and Tie Clip Set, 1957-1963
This cuff links and tie clasp set was produced by Astro Manufacturing, the producer of the full-size mechanical version of the bank depicted on them. This so-called Astro Missile Coin Bank, like the other banks produced by this company, drew upon Americans' interest in outer space during the mid-20th century. This set was a free gift when a bank placed its order.
- Brochure, "Missiles and Rockets Astrolog," January 1962 -
- January 01, 1962
- Collections - Artifact
Brochure, "Missiles and Rockets Astrolog," January 1962
- Missile Motel Sign, Oxnard, California, 1981 - In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.
- 1981
- Collections - Artifact
Missile Motel Sign, Oxnard, California, 1981
In the mid-1970s, John Margolies began to assemble a visual record of America's built roadside landscape. Over the following three decades, he traveled thousands of miles to photograph the overlooked and often quickly vanishing structures that had grown out of American automobile culture and main street commerce. His photographs of hotels, motels, diners, service stations, drive-ins and attractions celebrate and capture a unique chapter of American history.
- "Guided Missile" Mechanical Bank, circa 1957 - In the years before the space race of the late 1950s, many Americans viewed outer space exploration as fantasy and science fiction. Children's space toys--including banks--reflected those futuristic visions. This "Guided Missile" bank, made by Astro Manufacturing about 1957, contains a spring-loaded mechanism that launched a coin into a slot in the underside of the rocket's nose.
- circa 1957
- Collections - Artifact
"Guided Missile" Mechanical Bank, circa 1957
In the years before the space race of the late 1950s, many Americans viewed outer space exploration as fantasy and science fiction. Children's space toys--including banks--reflected those futuristic visions. This "Guided Missile" bank, made by Astro Manufacturing about 1957, contains a spring-loaded mechanism that launched a coin into a slot in the underside of the rocket's nose.
- Brochure, "Missile and Space Vehicle Department: A Department of the Defense Electronics Division," circa 1962 - General Electric formed its Missile and Space Vehicle Department in 1955 to research and develop a re-entry vehicle (or nose cone) for the Air Force Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The department later broadened its services to other space-related projects--satellites, probes, and human-crewed space vehicles--and created a Space Technology Center to test aspects of its research.
- circa 1962
- Collections - Artifact
Brochure, "Missile and Space Vehicle Department: A Department of the Defense Electronics Division," circa 1962
General Electric formed its Missile and Space Vehicle Department in 1955 to research and develop a re-entry vehicle (or nose cone) for the Air Force Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The department later broadened its services to other space-related projects--satellites, probes, and human-crewed space vehicles--and created a Space Technology Center to test aspects of its research.
- Bank Bag, 1957-1963 -
- 1957-1963
- Collections - Artifact
Bank Bag, 1957-1963