Background information is here and here.
As it happened, he made a living as an illustrator doing magazine covers, article illustrations, product illustrations, and even a newspaper Sunday supplement feature. His work was distinctive and popular for many years. I enjoyed seeing his stuff when I was young.
Examples are shown below. Click on images to enlarge.
Radebaugh did covers for MoToR for many years. The model car in this illustration is very advanced for 1936. I think he could easily have become a professional automobile stylist in those days.
Fantasy post- World War 2 passenger airplane. It has two main decks: sleeper capability on the upper one and a Boeing Stratocruiser-like lower lounge abaft of the wing. Plus, there's a railroad type Club Car at the aft end.
On the left is a design typical of 1950s Dream Cars. As mentioned, Radebaugh had the appropriate stuff.
Airbrush illustration featuring a DC-3.
Again, airbrush. The car's proportions are altered -- typical advertising illustration practice beginning in the 1930s.
Note the spaceship.
Again, distortion. Those Chryslers were actually taller and boxier. The skyline in the background is more 1930s Moderne than postwar.
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