R O B O T S . . . by different artists

a Mike Hinge illustration,  1975

              

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Mike Hinge

           

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Mike Hinge,  1972       click image twice for full size

            

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a mechanical cow at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair

"Moos and Gives Milk"       see full size

           

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a giant rolling robot at the 1970 Japan World's Fair

           

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a Boris Artzybasheff illustration

           

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Boris Artzybasheff

           

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Boris Artzybasheff

           

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mechanical toys,  1911    "When wound up and placed in water, the fish dives and

rises alternately.  Floats when run down ... 14 inches"

           

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wooden windup mechanical toys,  1917 Japan

           

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 Gold Key comics,  "Magnus Robot Fighter"  4000 A.D.
           

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Magnus Robot Fighter

           

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Magnus Robot Fighter       see full size

           

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a 1900 orchestrion played live music

           

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"Grandmother Rocking Cradle"   an 1882 toy robot with several movements

               

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"Rams un Rums"  a 1963 Russian children's book  

           

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Rams un Rums,  1963       see full size

                 

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in 1969 their names are changed to  "Pam & Pim"       see full size

           

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Dick Gautier's robot character 'Hymie' on the 1960s television spy comedy 'Get Smart' ... the word 'Hymie'  was probably an inside joke from Jewish writer Mel Brooks

           

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a 1988 Sanyo "Robo for curious KIDS"  portable stereo in 1980s colors

           

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a robot driving a GM concept car of tomorrow

           

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at the 1936 California Pacific International Expo  "... the 2000 pound giant will stand up,  sit

down,  answer questions and blink his eyes,  salute,  fire a pistol ..."

           

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from the Hanna Barbera 1962 animated prime time comedy series

The Jetsons   'Rosie the Robot'       see full size

           

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Mattias Adolfsson

              

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not so glib anymore ... 'Robot'  from the 1960s television series 'Lost In Space' 

           

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behold a 1952 Coca-Cola machine

                 

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Christoph Niemann art       see full size

           

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Jack Kirby,  1976

           

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a Wallace Wood robot

           

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Wallace Wood

           

JOBS OF THE PAST . . . part 3

an 1861 London  "Sewer-Hunter"

       

J O B S   O F   T H E   P A S T

      

 a Bruce McCall illustration       see full size

       

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a 1952 commercial artist

       

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a fisherman by Winslow Homer       see full size

       

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Ronald Searle  "Filles De Hambourg"

       

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a 1500s teacher of knowledge,  France

       

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a 1952 space station janitor       see full size

       

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"Brightening The Luncheon Hour"    1923 England

       

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a racing car team by Dexter Brown

       

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a racing car driver       see full size

      

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working women by Honore Daumier

       

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a domestic servant

       

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1954 laboratory technicians       see full size

       

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a 1600s farmer,  Europe

       

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"Mr. Thompson will see you shortly,  he's seething at the moment"     a Frank Modell cartoon

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an 1819 pet food seller in London

       

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an Ed Emberly children's book illustration       see full size

       

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an 1861 London sewer rat catcher

       

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a 1930 office

       

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Robert Cottingham art       see full size

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workers from the 1927 cinema film 'Metropolis'

       

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an 1820 London "press gang" abducted citizens to be forced sailors at sea

       

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1941 men's neckties

       

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a "slavey" or maidservant with low duties in 1903 ... the famous writer

Jack London captured England's poor with a camer       see full size

       

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a firefighting department,  1880 Japan

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between jobs,  Jack London 1903       see full size

       

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an Anton Otto Fisher illustration

       

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a Walter Molino illustration

       

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a 1950 dental clinic,  USA       see full size

       

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Shaina McCoy art,  a store clerk

    

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