Gluck, Jay
1948

Cartoon cutaway view of UC Berkeley dormitory life

For Oppenheimer WWII collectors and enthusiasts: Oppy's Flop House

DESCRIPTION: With the premiere of the IMAX biopic "Oppenheimer" (1) less than one week away (7/18/2023) we offer "Oppy's Flop House", a rare and culturally insightful 1948 cartoon cutaway elevation view of a dormitory at the University of California at Berkeley, where Oppenheimer taught physics from 1929 to 1943.

Rare, culturally insightful 1948 cartoon cutaway elevation view of a dormitory at the University of California at Berkeley, where Oppenheimer taught physics from 1929 to 1943.

Oppy's Flop House- Oppenheimer Caricature Detail

Oppy's Flop House was published in the 1948 annual "Mad Engineer" issue of "California Engineer", a student publication of the University of California at Berkeley.

The title "Oppy's Flop House" refers to Robert Oppenheimer [2], one of the key researchers on the Atomic Bomb that had been dropped on Japan less than three years earlier. Cartoons and sight gags include a slide rule used as a fishing device and as a guitar, chem lab equipment used to brew coffee, students using radar to peer into the room of a bathing coed, a robot, a device based on compressed air to raise the skirts of coeds, and many scenes that include engineering book gags.

[1] https://www.oppenheimermovie.com/
[2] Physicist Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967) was Project Director for the Manhattan Project. Oppenheimer taught at UC Berkeley from 1929 - 1943. "With the rise of the Nazi party in Germany, the University quickly became a hub for atomic weapons development. By the outbreak of World War II, Oppenheimer, his students, and several notable physicists probed atomic theory on the top floor of Le Conte Hall."

CREATOR: Gluck, Jay

PUBLICATION DATE: 1948

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: United States

BODY OF WATER: N/A

CONDITION: Very Good. Clean, complete, no issues. Four small holes at centerfold from staples

COLORING: N/A

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SIZE: 17 " x 11 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 1

PRICE: $1000

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