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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Amazing 1950s Illustrations of American Cities Destroyed by A-Bombs

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And, hey, why not one more image of American cities destroyed? Remember, this comes from when such visions carried some weight, back before they became pretty much the total of summertime entertainment:

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If that last one, of the corpses heaped on a bus, were a Mad Fold-In, the hidden answer would be "Pokemon Fever."

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