John Ptak found this and other high-spirited drawings in an 1879 Punch satire about the stream of wonders invented by (or at least credited to) Thomas Edison. Depicted here: “anti-gravitation” underwear:
John Ptak found this and other high-spirited drawings in an 1879 Punch satire about the stream of wonders invented by (or at least credited to) Thomas Edison. Depicted here: “anti-gravitation” underwear: