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Ajeeb the Wonderful, a chess-playing...
Ajeeb the Wonderful, a chess-playing automaton made in 1865. Famous opponents incl. Houdini and Roosevelt though, of course, Ajeeb had a little help from the human hidden inside him making the moves. More from the Harvard Theatre Collection here: https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/cabinet-card-photographs-from-the-harvard-theatre-collection
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