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Things You Don't See Anymore Part 3

Billy Beer. Named for President Jimmy Carter's brother Jimmy Carter.

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Shoe-Fitting Fluoroscopes

This was basically an X-ray machine operated by the salespeople in a shoe store. Children would put on the chosen shoes and stand on the device with their feet in the slot provided. The shoe salesman, the child, and the child's parent could all then peer into the viewers and see an image of the child's foot and toes and the outline of the shoe.

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Shoe-Fitting Fluoroscopes

This was basically an X-ray machine operated by the salespeople in a shoe store. Children would put on the chosen shoes and stand on the device with their feet in the slot provided. The shoe salesman, the child, and the child's parent could all then peer into the viewers and see an image of the child's foot and toes and the outline of the shoe.

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Mommy--why are my feet glowing?
 
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