This nostalgic flashback to a simpler time is filled with illustrated projects that range from the everyday (birdhouse, bean shooter) to the unusual (ice glider, magnetic theater).

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How to construct wireless outfits, boats, camp equipment, aerial gliders, kites, self-propelled vehicles engines, motors, electrical apparatus, cameras and hundreds of other things which delight every boy.

Drawn from the best of Popular Mechanics magazines from the 1910s and 20s, these vintage projects feature a tremendous range of possibilities -- model airplanes, greeting cards, a motion-picture camera, a radiophone, motor-driven sleds, and more. Step-by-step instructions include charming drawings and photos. Girls and boys will love these antique projects, and adults will appreciate their nostalgic charm.

The boyhood of an American inventor. He often made and mended things as a boy. When he grew up he invented the cotton gin, and began the system of manufacturing guns with interchangeable parts.