Ridiculously Strange But Cool Inventions From The Early 1900’s

It makes you wonder what people were thinking, and why.

Ice Cube Mask Designed To Cure Hangovers (1947)

I guess if you wanted to soothe a headache and cryogenically freeze your head at the same time…sure.

Baby Stroller Protected From Gas Attacks (1938).

Let’s not promote this idea again, hm? Too many people might see it at as sensible…

Single Wheel Motorcycle (1931)

This was definitely ahead of its time.

Face Cones Designed To Protect From Snow Storms And Blizzards (1939)

It’s another way to maintain social distancing I guess.

A Bicycle That Fits A Whole Family + Sewing Machine (1939)

There are so many ways this could go wrong.

All Terrain Vehicle (1931)

Apparently a few modern ideas were in their infancy back in the day.

Special Contraption That Lets You Smoke In The Rain (1931).

It looks like a mouth-fired cannon.

Amphibious Bicycle That Can Be Used On Land And In Water (1932)

This feels like a ‘shake weight’ type of idea, kind of useful but essentially silly.

Hat With Integrated Radio (1931)

I’ll be the first rainstorm made this hat less than useful.

Glasses That Let You Read While Lying Down (1936)

Or, maybe…just spitballing, hold the book, up.

Life Jackets Made From Bicycle Tubing (1925)

This looks wrong, doesn’t it?

Piano That Can Be Played While Lying In Bed (1935)

There’s a huge liability here.

Precursor To The Hairdryer.

Revolver That Takes A Picture Right Before A Shot Is Fired (1938)

An earlier and deadlier version of Call of Duty.

Safety Net To Prevent Or Reduce Injuries To Pedestrians (1924).

This looks like a different version of Chicken.

Mouthpiece Lets You Smoke Two Cigarettes At Once (1932)

Double the chances of cancer?

Portable and Extendable Bridge (1926)

Yeah, this could be a great idea, with a few tweaks.

Extending RV (1934)

This isn’t that bad of an idea, but thankfully cooler heads prevailed decades later and we now have pop-outs.

A device that would teach a child how to walk (1939)

Hasn’t nature and nurture took care of this for thousands of years?

WTR? (Why’s That Radass?)

When you really look at some of these ideas you can see where the modern marvels that we see as commonplace now came from. Some ideas went the way of the dodo thankfully, but you could say that they made way for ideas that had something to do with their core purpose. One has to remember that every failure can give rise to several success stories.