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.
Comments
1Sometimes 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?