Inside the Engine That Powered Mid-Century America

John C. Howard · 1948-1949 · Illustration
Inside the Engine That Powered Mid-Century America
Artist John C. Howard Date 1948-1949 Medium Magazine illustration Category Illustration

John C. Howard cracked open a White Truck engine and painted its guts in glorious Technicolor. This cross-section illustration of SUPER POWER is engineering porn at its finest — every piston, every valve, rendered with the love usually reserved for Renaissance portraits.

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Sometimes he would just sneak in his initials JH and his nick-name-sake would sometimes show up as the 'Red Dot' over the J. Can you see them on this White Motor Ad?

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