Tuesday, March 15, 2011

But Not to Worry


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ATOMIC POWER TIME 09/17/1956 p. 120

America's Independent Light & Power Companies advertisement for atomic power: Time, 17 September 1956 (via Gallery of Graphic Design)



Still images from video footage 14 March 14 2011 showing explosion at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power complex: on Monday a hydrogen explosion rocked the crippled nuclear power plant, where authorities have been scrambling to avert a meltdown following Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami: photos by NTV via Reuters TV/Reuters

NUCLEAR POWER NEWSWEEK 10/12/1964

America's Independent Investor-Owned Light and Power Companies advertisement for nuclear power: Newsweek, 12 October 1956 (via Gallery of Graphic Design)



A technician in protective gear looks out an automatic door with signs reading "No entry except for those with permission" at a makeshift facility to screen, cleanse and isolate people with high radiation levels in Nihonmatsu, northern Japan, 14 March 2011: photo by Yuriko Nakao/Reuters

VICKS VAPORUB FAMILY CIRCLE 02/01/1958 p. 3

Vicks Vaporub advertisement: Family Circle, 1 February 1958 (via Gallery of Graphic Design)



People queue to be screened by a technician in protective gear for signs of possible radiation in Nihonmatsu, northern Japan, 14 March 2011: photo by Yuriko Nakao/Reuters)

AMERICAN RAILROAD SYSTEM TIME 09/15/1958 p. 89

Association of American Railroads advertisement for atoms-for-peace program: Time, 15 September 1958 (via Gallery of Graphic Design)



Technicians scan Red Cross rescue workers for signs of radiation in Nagahama City, Shiga Prefecture in northern Japan, 14 March 2011: photo by Reuters/Kyodo

NUCLEAR RESEARCH TIME 09/17/1956 p. 59

Atomics International advertisement for nuclear research: Time, 17 September 1956 (via Gallery of Graphic Design)



A helicopter flies over Japan's Fukushima Daiichi No. 1 nuclear reactor, 12 March 2011. An explosion blew the roof off the the unstable reactor north of Tokyo on Saturday, Japanese media said, raising fears of a meltdown at a nuclear plant damaged in the massive earthquake that hit Japan: photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters

PRINCE ALBERT PIPE TOBACCO LIFE 04/28/1941 p. 85

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company advertisement for Prince Albert Pipe Tobacco: Life, 28 April 1941 (via Gallery of Graphic Design)


White smoke rises from earthquake-and-tsunami damaged Reactor #3, Fukushima Dai Ichi Nuclear Power Plant, Japan, three minutes after an explosion at 11:04 a.m. local time on 14 March 2011: satellite image via DigitalGlobe