37 Crazy Inventions of the Past

1.

The Dimple Maker, 1936

2.

The flying bicycle

3.

The personal submarine

4.

Robot answering machine

5.

The Japanese "war tuba" which was used to locate enemy aircraft by sound prior to the invention of radar.

6.

The motorbike powered boat.

7.

The 1961 Buick "Flamingo" with a rotating front seat.

8.

One of the first bullet proof vests, 1917.

9.

The lay-down side car.

10.

The Viophonograph

11.

The Poker Face Mask

12.

Amphibious bicycle

13.

An icemask which promised to beat hangovers, 1947

14.

A vibrating rubber finger that massaged your gums

15.

A toilet mask that bleached skin to remove "imperfections"

16.

A swim mask from the 1920s

17.

This "beauty micrometer" let users know where makeup needed to be applied, 1937

18.

The Baby Dangler

19.

Scrumptious bacon that cooked in a toaster

20.

A massager made up of 480 artificial fingers

21.

The Pack Smoker, 1955

22.

The Egg Cuber for turning regular eggs into square eggs

23.

Clamps that helped to teach your kid to walk

24.

The Group Shower

25.

A box that blasted your head with ultraviolet rays in hopes of curing diseases

26.

The Dog Squeezer (a restraint), 1940

27.

Motorized roller skates, 1961

28.

A depressing hair growth hat that supposedly cured baldness

29.

A massive automatic hair dryer

30.

Tiny umbrella for smoking on a rain day

31.

Tanning vending machines, which provided people with a 30 second spray for ten cents, 1930

32.

Pipe for two, 1949

33.

Pain free paddle, 1950

34.

This shower hood was used to protect hair from getting wet, 1970

35.

A pram to protect babies from a toxic gas attack

36.

Inflatable life vests made from old tires

37.

The turkey blaster