How the future looked — in 1950

Always helpful Charley Hivey pointed to This Fun One over at CNN on the works of A.C. Radebaugh — a top illustrator of the day whose works helped define that future-vision — are being shown in a retrospective at a quirky art gallery obsessed with Americana of the mid-20th century.

Radebaugh: The Future We Were Promised” is the latest exhibit from Lost Highways Archive & Research Library, an art gallery and repository of advertising materials, brochures, books and ephemera borne from Todd Kimmell’s love of vintage travel trailers and recreational vehicles. Recent exhibits include 1950s and 1960s station wagon design and the RV craze of the 1920s and 1930s.