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The Tin Man (1934)

Photo: Topical Press Agency
Photo: Topical Press Agency (Getty Images)

If you happened to be walking outside a dance hall in Streatham, South London on January 31, 1934 you may have seen this bizarre mechanical man. And the puzzled looks say it all.

There isn’t much known about this photo or what the “inventor” of the Tin Man was promoting. But whatever it was, they clearly got the attention they desired. Even if it’s obviously a man dressed in a robot costume.