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Artifact Details

Title

Robots - Electro and Sparko

Catalog Number

102693533

Type

Still Image

Description

This is a B&W image of Electro and Sparko
"1940— Westinghouse's Electro and Sparko spokesbots entertain crowds at the World's Fair in New York. These animatronic wonders marked the first time that electric motors were used to power and actuate robots." "O'Reilly Safari great moments in Robot History"
Verso: " Electro and Sparko c. 1940 Created by J.M.Barrett , Westinghouse Appeared in World's Fair (1940)"

Date

Circa 1940

Dimensions

overall: 10 in x 8 in

Credit

Courtesy of Gwen Bell

Lot Number

X7413.2015

Related Records

102693536