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Mechanical Fred Allen robot with Jean Hendry and Lillian Harvey from the Midget Village

 

Fred Allen robot, capable of mimicking various expressions of comedian Fred Allen, appears continuously in Bristol-Myers Company Ipana exhibit at the World's Fair.

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Title:
Mechanical Fred Allen robot with Jean Hendry and Lillian Harvey from the Midget Village
Date of Original:
1933-1934
Identifier:
COP_17_0004_00139_001.tif
Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/81984/d3f18sf5z
Type:
Image
Caption:
This is Fred Allen but it isn't Fred Allen, if you get what we mean! It's a mechanical Fred Allen and it's the first robot to be made with actual human features. "Fred" is also the first comedian mechanical man for he wisecracks and grimaces very like the real Allen. He talks, moves his hand, shows his teeth, raises his eyebrows and chuckles, but not all at once. He will perform continuously at the new World's Fair in the Ipana exhibit of the Bristol-Myers Company. Jean Hendry and Lillian Harvey from the Midget Village are shown welcoming him to the Fair.


Rights:
In copyright
Access:
Public access

Subject--Topic
Robots
Comedians
Dwarfs (Persons)
Subject--Name
Allen, Fred, 1894-1956
Bristol-Myers Company

Photographer:
Kaufmann & Fabry Co.

Form:
Photographs
Color:
Black and white
Extent:
9.5 x 7.5 in.

Exhibit:
Ipana

Collection Information


Collection:
Century of Progress records
Show more details:
Series:
Series 17: Iconographics
Box:
4
Folder:
139
Repository:
University of Illinois at Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Repository Collection Type:
Manuscript Collections
Repository Location:
Richard J. Daley Library

Acknowledgements


Acknowledgements
Funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant awarded by the Illinois State Library under Jesse White
Secretary of State.

Geographic Information

Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)