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1925:
Sun-bed Babies

1930s:
Dental Phantom

1700s:
Angelique du Coudray’s fabric womb

1931-1932:
Proposed Desert Crossing Vehicle

1930-1931:
Torpedo Motorboat

1935:
Apparatus for Measuring Metabolism

September 1949:
Smog Helmet

1868:
Steam Robot

July 1980:
10MB Hard Drive: $3,495

March 1930:
Breakfast with a Robot

1961:
Whiskey Toothpaste

c. 1908:
Submarine Escape Apparatus

1935:
Preparing to explore the wreck of the Lusitania

1800 - 1899:
Optical Model of the Eye

1970s:
Typist of the Future

c. 1940s:
Spy radio built into pocket watch (no batteries required)

13th August 1964:
Neil Armstrong during desert survival training, Reno, Nevada

1930s:
Ericsson Robot, Mexico City

1860:
Transporting a Tree on a Wagon

c. 1949:
Deep-sea-diver with an umbrella

c. 1900:
“A telephone conversation showing manner of holding receiver”

c. 1850:
Phrenological Head

October 1939:
“Bike keeps family in stitches”

1968:
Lunar Module Control Panel

c.1601-1700:
Chinese Acupuncture Model

Summer 1960:
Disney Tomorrowland’s Space Couple

1957:
Norwich City Council’s first computer, being delivered

1671:
Surgical Appliances

c. 1950s:
Phone hats

1966:
X-15 Pilots ‘In a Lighter Mood’