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A young woman demonstrates the “Auto Minion,” a new German record player which can be attached to the dashboard of a car, at the International Industrial Fair in Hannover, West Germany, May 12, 1959. The player is fully automatic and works simply by placing a 45 rpm record in the slot. It is made by the German Phillips Company by Peter Hillebrecht.

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Swan House was built in 1928 for Edward and Emily Inman in Atlanta, Georgia. The Inmans had accumulated wealth from cotton brokerage and investments on transportation, banking and real estate ... via Wikipedia.

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Get in line boys …

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The violin used by Wallace Hartley as the band famously played “Nearer My God to Thee” as the Titanic sank more than 100 years ago was thought to have been lost. But it was recovered — inside a leather bag strapped to Hartley’s body, found days after the tragedy — and was finally authenticated this year, seven years after it had been found stashed away in an attic. (Photo: Bournemouth News via The Telegraph)

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By Christopher Jonassen

Devour, 2013

At first glance, these objects may look like planets but they are actually photos of the bottoms of frying pans.

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Here’s a fellow who looks like he has a story to tell ... by Jack Allison via Shorpy

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Gold locket with the hair of Queen Marie Antoinette British Museum via King of Kool.

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Signs advertising horse meat outside a Seattle butcher shop sometime during the war. via King of Kool

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"Please sir, when's the next train to my momma?"



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jones jones;1426879 wrote:

At first glance, these objects may look like planets but they are actually photos of the bottoms of frying pans.


Good one ... it had me fooled!

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Me too ... I first thought it was the inside of the frying pan but its actually the outside bottom.