So it happens this past week I learned that multiple amusement parks in the 1900-1910 era had “Human Laundry Machine” rides that gave the rider the experience of a mechanical collar-washing experience, down to being pressed through an immense wringer.
I don’t know that there were any at (Brooklyn) Coney Island, which the commentary here has mentioned as direct influence for panels and wild features, but it seems … imaginable? At least?
So it happens this past week I learned that multiple amusement parks in the 1900-1910 era had “Human Laundry Machine” rides that gave the rider the experience of a mechanical collar-washing experience, down to being pressed through an immense wringer.
I don’t know that there were any at (Brooklyn) Coney Island, which the commentary here has mentioned as direct influence for panels and wild features, but it seems … imaginable? At least?
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