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https://www.rubylane.com/item/2018461-w ... t=484e1770

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Now, that's terrifying.
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Just the thing to play the children a bedtime story.
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Western Electric (WECO) has nothing to do with this machine...

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pallophotophone wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 2:26 pm Western Electric (WECO) has nothing to do with this machine...
It's German... and not electric.
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It also has two other horn faces...

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The other side is even scarier! Betcha some Hollywood horror film directors would love to borrow that for one of their movies. Very cool, nonetheless.

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