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Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts) Thu Mar 23, 2017, 05:55 PM Mar 2017

High tech was so much more fun 100 years ago.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/17354

Doesn't that 1917 photo just look way more exciting that today's high tech?

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High tech was so much more fun 100 years ago. (Original Post) Binkie The Clown Mar 2017 OP

And easy to see how it worked! Lots of power in that set up! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2017 #1

And all those dials and gizmos to adjust and fiddle with! Way cool! Even radios ... Binkie The Clown Mar 2017 #2

Loads of fun!!!!!!! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2017 #3

That is really amazing Kimchijeon Mar 2017 #4

Another high tech thing from that time was poison gas. NNadir Mar 2017 #5

RKP5637

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1. And easy to see how it worked! Lots of power in that set up! n/t

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Thu Mar 23, 2017, 05:56 PM

Mar 2017

Binkie The Clown

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2. And all those dials and gizmos to adjust and fiddle with! Way cool! Even radios ...

Reply to RKP5637 (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 23, 2017, 06:02 PM

Mar 2017

were more cool back then:

http://www.shorpy.com/node/10634

RKP5637

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3. Loads of fun!!!!!!! n/t

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Thu Mar 23, 2017, 07:43 PM

Mar 2017

Kimchijeon

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4. That is really amazing

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Fri Mar 24, 2017, 11:45 PM

Mar 2017

I love looking at old vintage tech, it's so fascinating.

NNadir

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5. Another high tech thing from that time was poison gas.

Reply to Binkie The Clown (Original post)

Sat Mar 25, 2017, 12:53 AM

Mar 2017

1917 was one of the most terrible years in human history.

It's wonderful to see a woman doing this kind of work in that year - she was very beautiful, probably my Grandmother's age - but the reality was, again, horror in Europe.

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