{"id":1459,"date":"2014-10-23T20:08:15","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T20:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com\/?p=1459"},"modified":"2014-10-23T20:08:15","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T20:08:15","slug":"file-under-what-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kplma.org\/pique\/2014\/10\/23\/file-under-what-the\/","title":{"rendered":"File under: What the…?"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Lungmotor<\/a>
Lungmotor letter, circa 1920<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Okay, it’s a business pitch to the Board of Selectmen, but what exactly \u00a0is a lungmotor?<\/p>\n

Our friends at the Library of Congress can help!<\/p>\n

\"Lungmotor,<\/a>
Lungmotor, [between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you need to know more about the Lungmotor (like I did), the Boston company put out a whole book<\/a> on their product. Popular Science reported<\/a> on a special motorcycle squad with Lungmotor-equipped sidecars in Chicago.\u00a0And finally, according to this<\/a>, screenwriter Rube Goldberg picked the Lung Motor as the favored resuscitation apparatus\u00a0in the big-screen\u00a0debut of\u00a0Three Stooges.<\/p>\n

Now, that’s an endorsement that should have made the pitch letter.<\/p>\n

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Source: Town House Attic II TOK5, “Health” \u00a0Digitized glass plate negative from the Library of Congress:\u00a0catalog record here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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For more, visit the Kingston Public Library<\/a>, and the Local History Room<\/a>, and the full blog at piqueoftheweek.wordpress.com.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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  Okay, it’s a business pitch to the Board of Selectmen, but what exactly \u00a0is a lungmotor? Our friends at the Library of Congress can help!   If you need to know more about the Lungmotor (like I did), the Boston company put out a whole book on their product. Popular Science reported on a … <\/p>\n

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