Circa 1900 - Great Christopher... (RARE: Giant Electric Talking Mechanical Robot).
Great Christopher sends his Greetings... Reverse: Use Great Christopher's Positive Corn Cure... Warts / Bunions / Moles / Callouses / For Sale by J. NOTE : Antique Steampunk Giant Robot - The "Electric Man" automata of Louis Phillip Perew. Giant Talking Mechanical Man: circa 1900 - - perhaps the best of the Victorian-era working robots.
Also Note : From research, this product packaging said: Great Christopher Corn and Callous Remedy. Prepared by the Reliable Specialty Corp.
Both the box and the tube feature. The sealed tube states on the back. A Safe and Reliable Remedy for Removing Corns and Callouses. Each ounce contains 5 grains of cannabis.(from: THE ANTIQUE CANNABIS BOOK - Cannabis Corn Remedies). Great Christopher circa 1900 - Phillip Louis (Phil) Perew ("The Frankenstein of Tonawanda"). A MECHANICAL MARVEL: This Walking Man is a Product of Tonawanda Skill and Genius. The Automaton Was Completed Last Week, and By Mechanical Means Will Walk Across the Country.
Drawing a Wagon (carriage) and Two Men. The Man Has a Perfect Walking Motion and Speaks Distinctly. It is Expected He Will Be Utilized to Advertise the Pan-American Exposition. Wikipedia: Buffalo Courier Newspaper photo, September 1900.
MORE : One of the latest freaks of mechanical skill is the construction, by Louis Philip Perew, of Tonawanda, NY. A small town near Niagra Falls - of a gigantic man. Parew, with all the ardour of a. Modern Frankenstein, has endeavoured to make his man as life like in appearance as possible.
Not only is its outward form a close model of a human being, but within it have been secreted mechanical devices. Which endow the automation with weird properties, making it even more nearly resemble an intelligent being. Nikola Tesla recently constructed a machine called the Telaumaton. It did everything but think. The great electrician's device bore no resemblance to a human being. It was devoid of the human body as a medium through which to operate. The Frankenstein of Tonawanda has brought into existence a thing of wood, rubber, and metals, which. Walks, talks, runs, jumps, rolls its eyes - imitating to a nicety almost every action of the original on which it is founded.All that is lacking is the essential spirit - the Promethean fire, as it were - which would enable one to. Say to the automatic creature, "Thou art a man". (Strand Magazine, London - Paul Guinan, The Gallery of Victorian Robots Site) CONDITION : Flaws.
Shows age w/ wear and tear, edge chipping damage, stains as shown. Antique 1800's Piano / Organ -related Business Advertising Trade Card. See also: Organette, Orguinette, Music Box, Hurdy Gurdy, Crank Organ, Polyphon. Roller Barrel Organ, Street Organ Grinder, Cylinder Phonograph, etc. + Over 1,000+ more fabulous antique & vintage cards are currently listed at the Dave Cheadle Card Store.
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Corn Cure, Buffalo, New York