Days of innocence and hope...

In my enthusiasm to loosly chart the progress of scientific thinking during the last century, I keep my eyes peeled for cheap periodicals...
A particularly rich vein is to be found in the popular press of the postwar era. The returning soldier's social circumstances forgotten, in favour of the excitement associated with scientific advance. War should be good for something!

I found this gem in a local antique fair...


I have searched in vain for examples of the small plastic figures that fell into breakfast bowls when Kellogs cereals were poured. They looked very much like these aspiring astronauts...


Innocence indeed....