Historical scenes in Etch A Sketch

Great Moments in History sets the historical scenes using an Etch A Sketch. At left, the fall of the Berlin Wall. At right, the Hindenburg disaster. Great Moments In History (via Neatorama)

Previously on BB:
• Etch-A-Sketch art by George Vlosich III
• Serial-mouse-driven Etch-a-Sketch

[#1 posted by strider_mt2k , July 2, 2008 10:43 AM]

Oh my!
Get out of the way, please...

[#2 posted by help i cant comfirm my username themelonbread , July 2, 2008 12:27 PM]

Oh! The huge manatee!

[#3 posted by joeychips , July 2, 2008 12:57 PM]

I like the way you string this Etch A Sketch coverage together. Drawing with a single continuous line is hard enough without having to use two dials on top of it.

[#4 posted by pollyannacowgirl , July 2, 2008 1:14 PM]

I have immense respect for anyone who can make any kind of identifiable doodles on these things. Never found the Etch A Sketch remotely entertaining. It was just too frustrating.

[#5 posted by permafrost , July 2, 2008 2:28 PM]

I like the Hindenburg sketch. Just great...

[#6 posted by JadeEJF , July 2, 2008 3:40 PM]

Oh, you mean the Hindenburg disaster that's younger than John McCain?

[#7 posted by Rob Cruickshank , July 2, 2008 3:41 PM]

and don't miss the etch-a-sketch pool on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/etch-a-sketch/

[#8 posted by arbitraryaardvark , July 3, 2008 7:39 AM]

The hindenburg is universally known, maybe because like 9/11 it got live coverage. Less known is the wreck of the Shenandoah, America's first helium zeppelin. I happened to see a sign about it at a rest stop near where it crashed in Ohio.
link
In 1923, the Navy built the ZR1 Shenandoah, the first rigid and helium airship constructed in the United States. It made a transcontinental flight in October 1924, covering more than 9,000 miles (14,484 kilometers) in 19 days. On September 3, 1925, during a publicity tour, it broke up during a violent storm over Ohio. Although it did not burn, 14 of the 43 crewmen were killed.