GEARFUSE Technology, Science, Culture.
Somewhere in America circa 1905, these schoolboys were dressed for their class picture in foil uniforms. Was it some kind of experiment in hygenic attire? Costumes for a radium-age science fiction recitation? I’m reminded that 1905 saw the publication of H. G. Wells’ A Modern Utopia; maybe these were the avant-garde of an abortive educational project based on Wells’ work. Or perhaps—just perhaps—these boys were visitors from a future that not even we have reached?
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