Betamovie

A Betamovie advertisement.  The world's first camcorder.  The beta format eventually lost out to VHS.

7:14 AM
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Push Button Transmissions

Push button transmissions never really caught on.  But they sure are great to look at.

9:28 AM
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Spy Camera

A Victorian spy camera, from 1893.

7:01 AM
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Wrigley's - It's Delicious

A Wrigley's gum dispenser, restored, from the 1950's.

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The First Submarine

John Philip Holland (Irish) developed the first submarine.

7:06 AM
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Exercise Machines

An early example of a treadmill, circa 1925.

6:51 AM
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I Heard it on the Transistor Radio

A vintage Sylvania transistor radio.

7:05 AM
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Bauer 88B Super 8 Camera

Made in Germany, circa 1954.  Itself a work of art.

11:06 AM
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Car Television

Ford’s car television, 1965.

6:42 AM
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The Tanning Vending Machine

A spray on tan vending machine, circa 1949.

7:10 AM
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Bakelite Radios

From the 1930's to the 1950's, many radios were made from a revolutionary plastic material called bakelite.

11:19 AM
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Pencil Sharpener

Really, a work of art.  I still remember these.

3:19 PM
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The Boom Box

This photo is more interesting for the boom box on the fire hydrant than it is for the people in the frame.  This was 1979 and the portable ...

11:08 AM
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Ham the Astrochimp

Ham the Astrochimp  was the first chimpanzee  launched into space  in the American space program. Beginning in July 1959, the three-year-old...

9:30 AM
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The Avrocar

The  Avro Canada VZ-9 Avrocar  was a  VTOL  aircraft developed by Avro Aircraft  as part of a secret U.S. military project carried out in t...

8:55 AM
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