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The Department of Upside-Down--Fishing (1920)

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I should have begun this category/department long ago for the bits and bobs I've seen along the way on this blog. It fits in nicely with the categories on the History of Anticipation, the Department of Found Art and Poetry, the History of Nothing, and that sort. In any event, I'll start it off right here (1.5 million words late) with this unlikely story and fascinating image regarding underwater fishing from a submarine:

Source: Popular Mechanics, October 1920.

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