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15 Vintage Inventions That Are Actually Borderline Genius

by Zack Walkter

Published September 29, 2017

9. Glow-in-the-Dark Tires

In 1961, the Goodyear illuminated tire was revealed to the public. The tire was made from a single piece of synthetic rubber that was brightly lit by bulbs mounted inside the wheel rim.

Douglas Miller / Getty Images

10. Window Baby Cages

In this June 1937 picture, a nanny is seen supervising a baby suspended in a wire cage attached to the outside of a high tenement block window. The cages were distributed to members of the Chelsea Baby Club who had no gardens and lived at the top of high buildings.

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Reg Speller / Getty Images

11. Pipe For Two

Two men demonstrate a pipe called the “Double Ender” in New York, June 2, 1949.

Ed Ford / AP

12. Suntan-Lotion Dispenser

Model Betty Dutter demonstrates how the spray nozzle is held on the new “Sun-Tan Lotion Dispenser” at the Annual Vending Machine Convention in Chicago on Jan. 19, 1949. A dime could get you a 30-second spray job.

Edward Kitch / AP
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