#FredFreeman
April 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
'Duel in the Sea' Cover, *Argosy - The Complete Men’s Magazine* July 1952
#biodiversity #marinelife #fish #sharks #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #FredFreeman
April 8, 2026 at 12:51 PM
April 8, 2026 at 12:51 PM
In #MAY 1953
‘Lord of the Deep’
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Cover illustration by Fred Freeman (1907-1988)
*Argosy - The Complete Man’s Magazine* - May 1953
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #graphicdesign #graphicdesigners #FredFreeman
#sharks #diving
May 7, 2026 at 2:46 PM
just one use to which they could be put: convoy duty in event of war. Each freighter or transport could carry its own interceptor. ➡️
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #FredFreeman
April 2, 2026 at 12:52 PM
#OTD in 1958
1st installment of Wernher von Braun, “First Men to the Moon!”
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*This Week Magazine* (LA Times) October 5, 1958
‘America’s top rocket expert (left) writes his first science-fiction story - which could be fact by 1968!’
Illustrated by #FredFreeman (1907-1988)
October 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
'Duel in the Sea' Cover, *Argosy - The Complete Men’s Magazine* July 1952
#biodiversity #marinelife #fish #sharks #illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #FredFreeman
April 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Cut-away illustration by Fred Freeman (1907-1988) for Willy Ley’s “Inside the Moon Ship”
(*Collier’s*, October 18, 1952)
#rocketscience #WillyLey #WernherVonBraun #lunarlander #spacetravel #FredFreeman
October 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
In #MAY 1953
‘Lord of the Deep’
🧵👇
Cover illustration by Fred Freeman (1907-1988)
*Argosy - The Complete Man’s Magazine* - May 1953
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #graphicdesign #graphicdesigners #FredFreeman
#sharks #diving
May 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
#OTD in 1954
‘Navy vs. the H-Bomb - How Shower Baths Saved Our Ships’
#Illustration by Fred Freeman (1907-1988)
Cover of *Collier's*, July 23, 1954
#illustrationart #illustrationartists #FredFreeman #HydrogenBomb #HBomb #nuclearweapons #aircraftcarrier #coldwar #WMD
July 23, 2026 at 12:53 PM
(refuse leaves through outlet above pinioned monkey). Figures on dials (on circular forward bulkhead) are relayed to ground by TV’ (p.35)
Cut-away #illustration by Fred Freeman (1907-1988)
#monkeys #satellites #illustrationart #illustrationartists #FredFreeman #graphicdesign
June 27, 2026 at 2:27 PM
(refuse leaves through outlet above pinioned monkey).Figures on dials (on circular forward bulkhead) are relayed to ground by TV’ (p.35)
Cut-away #illustration by Fred Freeman (1907-1988)
#monkeys #satellites #illustrationart #illustrationartists #FredFreeman #graphicdesign
June 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
‘At the extreme left of the painting ... on the top deck, is the communications center, which maintains radio contact with the earth, with rocket ships in space, and with the space taxis that carry men from rocket ship to space station.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation
March 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
#OTD in 1952
The Lunar Base
From 'Man on the Moon - The Exploration'
#3 in the historic Collier’s series ‘Man Will Conquer Space *Soon*!’ (1951-54):
Willy Ley, “Inside the Lunar Base” Oct. 25, 1952
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Cut-away #illustration by Fred Freeman (1907-1988)
#WillyLey #FredFreeman
October 25, 2025 at 1:56 PM
10 ships, each weighing more than 4,000 tons; 3 ships have “bullet noses” & great wings - to be detached and assembled to make them landing planes, the other 7 - with spherical crew quarters - to remain in orbit around Mars.
Illustration by #FredFreeman (1907-1988)
April 30, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Reading *Collier’s* in the water recovery plant
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
[to be continued: PART 5 of 5]
March 24, 2026 at 1:41 PM
‘The bottom deck contains a photographic darkroom and part of the system which recovers and purifies waste water.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
March 24, 2026 at 1:41 PM
‘The large screen in the celestial observation room enables astronomers to study enlarged photographs taken from the satellite’s tiny sister station, the observatory.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
March 24, 2026 at 1:41 PM
‘The electronic computer on the top deck, between the earth observation and celestial observation centers, solves complicated problems.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
March 24, 2026 at 1:41 PM
‘Under this, on the center deck, are additional telescopic screens showing other territory (figures over each screen refer to the amount of territory covered by the picture, not to the apparent distance away from the scene).’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
March 24, 2026 at 1:41 PM
‘On the top deck is a large moveable map on which “ground zero,” the territory the space station is passing over at the moment, is spotted. Immediately below the map is a telescopic enlargement of ground zero.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
March 24, 2026 at 1:41 PM
‘Next door to the communications and weather sections is the earth observation center, occupying two decks.’
#WillyLey #FredFreeman #spacestation #astronautics
March 24, 2026 at 1:41 PM