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Category: Drugs, Patents, 1930s
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Category: Babies, Food, Advertising, 1930s
Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 01, 2024 -
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Category: Holidays, Insects and Spiders, 1930s
Posted By: Alex - Sat Mar 30, 2024 -
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Category: Death, Inheritance and Wills, Law, Movies, 1930s
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 24, 2024 -
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Category: Art, Avant Garde, 1930s
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 03, 2024 -
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Category: Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Holidays, Money, Friends, Partners, Co-Workers and Other Associates, 1930s
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 28, 2024 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Rivalries, Feuds and Grudges, 1930s
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 16, 2024 -
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Category: Hygiene, Advertising, 1930s
Posted By: Alex - Mon Feb 12, 2024 -
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Category: 1930s, Dance
A 'mentally disturbed' robot at the World Fair in San Diego, 1935/36. A robot provides entertainment at the California Pacific Exposition in San Diego, [but] instead of giving the planned speech, it suddenly began to speak in a boisterous cabaret voice and afterwards emitted the sounds of an orchestra. After a little bewilderment the cause for this 'mental confusion' was discovered: due to a circuit error, the robot had transmitted the program of the exhibition's broadcast station. The photo shows the robot during a thorough inspection of its speech organs and its circuits.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 02, 2024 -
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Category: Robots, Expositions, World Fairs, Celebrations, 1930s, Mental Health and Insanity
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