Original art for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg" class="extiw" title="w:Rube Goldberg">Rube Goldberg</a>'s "self-operating napkin" <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg_machine" class="extiw" title="w:Rube Goldberg machine">machine</a>.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Rube_Goldberg" class="extiw" title="w:en:Rube Goldberg"><span title="American cartoonist (1883-1970)">Rube Goldberg</span></a>
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1931-09-26
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