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Yesterday’s Vision of Tomorrow

Elektro was a robot built by Westinghouse Electric for the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. There was no human hiding inside Elektro. He worked through vacuum tubes, motors, and pulleys.

-- Amanda Kooser

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Flushing Meadows Park

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Uploaded on May 16, 2021
Taken circa 1939