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Fri, 16 Sep 2016 13:00:42 +0000

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History and Culture

Trade Literature

air mattress

Mechanical Mfg. Co.

National Museum of American History Library

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Would it surprise you to know that air mattresses existed in the nineteenth century? That thought never occurred to me until I came across this trade catalog from 1896 advertising the &#8220;Perfection&#8221; Air Mattress. The &#8220;Perfection&#8221; Air Mattress was sold by Mechanical Mfg. Co. and is described in their 1896 trade catalog entitled 10,000 Nights of <a href="https://blog.library.si.edu/blog/2016/09/16/sleeping-air-19th-century-mattress/#more-'" class="more-link">more &#187;</a>

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