Archive of technology, entertainment and everyday life
Magazines, fanzines, mini-comics, albums and graphic novels are more than containers: studying their formats helps us understand how comics are presented, circulated and remembered. The available evidence raises useful questions, but cannot by itself support a comprehensive history.
Open storyA reading of Spanish television from 1970 to 2000 through sources that make it possible to revisit broadcasts: archives, studies and historical accounts. What survives opens questions, but it is not the full experience of the people who watched television.
Open storyNancy and Geyperman offer a way into two prominent Spanish toy products. The available sources also point to television’s role in toy advertising and show how museums and exhibitions can preserve and contextualise these objects.
Open storyA cautious look at how 1970s anime connected with manga, science fiction and the mecha genre—and at what the available sources can actually establish about its reach.
Open storyThe history of the personal computer cannot be reduced to a single machine or year. The sources place its consolidation in the 1970s and identify 1977 as a key moment, when Apple, Commodore and Tandy formed the so-called “1977 Trinity.” This overview explains what can be established about that shift and where the available evidence leaves questions open.
Open storyA preserved console is only one part of the record. Museum archives document objects and institutional histories—a useful perspective for considering what materials should accompany console history, and what the available sources do not yet allow us to claim.
Open storyExhibitions and collections make it possible to read Spanish toys as objects connected to their time. But each piece tells only part of a story: context, provenance and caution matter.
Open storyEarly home consoles explored different ways to deliver games: many were built into the machine, while the Magnavox Odyssey also introduced interchangeable cartridges and separate controllers.
Open storyThe sources identify Computer Space as an early commercial milestone. From there, arcade history can be followed through machines and venues, but also through specialist archives, databases and public-history projects. The available evidence also makes clear where claims must stop.
Open storyIn the 1970s, Japanese television animation broadened its forms and audiences. The rise of mecha, the international circulation of series, and the growth of fan communities help tell that story, though the available sources do not allow it to be reduced to a single work or mapped as a complete chronology.
Open storyFrom pictures included with consumer goods to collectible packets and albums, the documented history shows how these small images became the focus of a shared pastime. Swapping duplicates and memories of 1970s collections are part of that story.
Open storyA focused look at German wallpaper advertisements that used colourful, humorous imagery from 1970 to present modern designs. The available evidence establishes the approach, but does not allow individual campaigns to be reconstructed.
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