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Uncle Sam Wants YOU on a National Bicycle — 1896

  • by High Shrink
  • Posted on July 3, 2020July 3, 2020
  • 1890s

In celebration of American Independence Day, I give you Uncle Sam shilling for the National Cycle Manufacturing Co.

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Massachusetts “In the Future” — ca. 1908

  • by High Shrink
  • Posted on December 9, 2018
  • 1900s

How did the future of years past differ from today’s present? For one thing, there are a lot fewer flying and floating contraptions littering the sky these days. Click to see some wonderfully odd postcards featuring visions of what several Massachusetts towns might look like “in the future.”

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“The Prairie Pirates”: Electric Steampunk in Texas — 1904

  • by High Shrink
  • Posted on October 20, 2017
  • 1890s

It’s lassoes vs. electric dynamite guns in this thrilling story of a crazy armored vehicle and a battle with masked desperadoes in Texas!

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