Would anyone like a pigeon starter?
Would anyone like a pigeon starter?
  • Would anyone like a pigeon starter?

The Smithsonian American Art Museum in D.C. currently has an exhibition of 19th-century patent models for inventions such as horseshoe makers, ice skates, mousetraps, grand pianos, pigeon starters (??!), paper bag machines, electro magnetic engines, “theft prevention devices,” and “life preserving containers.”

Perhaps an electro magnetic engine?
  • Perhaps an electro magnetic engine?

The exhibition has a web site with a great slide show and a quiz here.

(Thank you, Slog tipper Jeffrey!)

Jen Graves (The Stranger’s former arts critic) mostly writes about things you approach with your eyeballs. But she’s also a history nerd interested in anything that needs more talking about, from male...

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