Bizarre and ingenious domestic gadgets will be on display at the Kew Bridge Steam Museum in an exhibition called Design for Living which starts on January 12.
The exhibition is on loan from the Museum of Nostalgia's reserve collection and some items will be on display for the first time.
They include a tiny 1935 spy camera, an 1853 3D viewer, a Victorian step commode, lawn shoes worn by a horse and 1935 washing machine that was claimed to make ice cream and sausages.
The exhibition contains an eclectic mix of labour-saving devices and luxurious objects for the well-to-do home, such as a 1901 phonograph. It will run until April 15 and during the half term and Easter holidays there will be holiday activities for children.
Pictured is Maurice Collins showing off a nose straightener during a wonderfully wacky gadgets exhibition at the museum last year.
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