Mystery Gadget 25

What does this machine do?

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Posted By: Paul - Wed Dec 24, 2014
Category: Technology | 1930s

Comments

Another of those I never would have guessed items.

Posted by KDP on 12/24/14 at 10:29 AM

Is it the original prototype for the mouse trap game?

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 12/24/14 at 08:31 PM

Nope. My mom was born in May of 1933, the date on the magazine.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 12/24/14 at 08:35 PM

Stumped me Paul! Excellent post!

Posted by Tyrusguy on 12/24/14 at 09:38 PM

Getting things this wrong just shakes me up too much to talk about.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 12/24/14 at 10:50 PM

I'm with TyrusGuy.

Posted by TheCannyScot in Atlanta, GA on 12/25/14 at 08:12 AM

It is a fortune cookie, fortune printer.

Posted by thesmartone on 01/23/15 at 02:44 PM

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