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Picture No 10949588
Date 1918
Description War-Time Economies Saving Breath, WW1 Heath Robinson
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War-Time Economies from Heath Robinson - to Save Your Breath. The Penny-in-the-Slot machine for blowing out candles. Wartime savings taken to ridiculous lengths by William Heath Robinson who suggests a slot machine with conserved air used to blow out candles.
Source Illustration by William Heath Robinson in The Strand, May 1918
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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