circa 1900 - "Great Christopher ... (RARE: Giant Electric Talking Mechanical Robot)
"Great Christopher sends his Greetings... through his friends... Star Remedy Co. Buffalo, N.Y."
Reverse: "Use Great Christopher's Positive Corn Cure ... also good for...
... Warts / Bunions / Moles / Callouses / For Sale by J.B. Raszl & Co., Medina, NY"
NOTE: Antique Steampunk Giant Robot - The "Electric Man" automata of Louis Phillip Perew.
Giant Talking Mechanical Man: circa 1900 - - perhaps the best of the Victorian-era working robots.
Also Note: From research, this product packaging said: "Great Christopher Corn and Callous Remedy
prepared by the Reliable Specialty Corp., Buffalo, New York. Both the box and the tube feature
the Great Christopher Trademark of a man pulling a handcart. The sealed tube states on the back
"A Safe and Reliable Remedy for Removing Corns and Callouses,
each ounce contains 5 grains of cannabis." (from: THE ANTIQUE CANNABIS BOOK - Cannabis Corn Remedies)
Great Christopher circa 1900 - Phillip Louis (Phil) Perew ("The Frankenstein of Tonawanda")
"A MECHANICAL MARVEL: This Walking Man is a Product of Tonawanda Skill and Genius.
The Automaton Was Completed Last Week, and By Mechanical Means Will Walk Across the Country
Drawing a Wagon (carriage) and Two Men.
The Man Has a Perfect Walking Motion and Speaks Distinctly.
It is Expected He Will Be Utilized to Advertise the Pan-American Exposition." Photo attribution:
"Copyright 1900. U.S Automaton Company." (Wikipedia: Buffalo Courier Newspaper photo, September 1900.)
MORE: "One of the latest freaks of mechanical skill is the construction, by Louis Philip Perew, of Tonawanda, NY
- - a small town near Niagra Falls - of a gigantic man. Parew, with all the ardour of a
modern Frankenstein, has endeavoured to make his man as life like in appearance as possible.
Not only is its outward form a close model of a human being, but within it have been secreted mechanical devices
which endow the automation with weird properties, making it even more nearly resemble an intelligent being.
Nikola Tesla recently constructed a machine called the Telaumaton. It did everything but think.
Perew has out-Teslaed Tesla. The great electrician's device bore no resemblance to a human being.
It was devoid of the human body as a medium through which to operate.
The Frankenstein of Tonawanda has brought into existence a thing of wood, rubber, and metals, which
walks, talks, runs, jumps, rolls its eyes - imitating to a nicety almost every action of the original on which it is founded.
All that is lacking is the essential spirit - the Promethean fire, as it were - which would enable one to
say to the automatic creature, "Thou art a man". (Strand Magazine, London - Paul Guinan, The Gallery of Victorian Robots Site)
CONDITION: Flaws. Shows age w/ wear and tear, edge chipping damage, stains as shown. Study scans!
- Antique 1800's Piano / Organ -related Business Advertising Trade Card
(see also: Organette, Orguinette, Music Box, Hurdy Gurdy, Crank Organ, Polyphon,
Roller Barrel Organ, Street Organ Grinder, Cylinder Phonograph, etc.)
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Condition: - Displays with evidence of aging, flaws and wear, as seen in HUGE scans far above.
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