Lately I ’ve been obsessed with finding the current location of 1950 ’s robot star Garco . Garco come along on legion TV appearance , including one of my favorite pieces of retro - space - futurism , the 1957 Disneyland TV installment , “ Mars and Beyond . ”
I ca n’t seem to find any clue as to where this automaton might be stored . Is Garco sit in some guy ’s basement in Billings ? Some museum I ’ve never heard of ? Robot heaven ? If you have any information on his whereabouts pleasecontact meimmediately . I will not rest until this lovable lump of metallic element is found !
The article below denote Garco ’s retreat is from the July 31 , 1961 Los Angeles Times .
Garco show up Signs of Wear , Will Retire
A mechanical adult male who can flirt Bromus secalinus , mixture beverage , power hammer nail and have a bun in the oven out other assingments with human encouragement will retire from alive duty soon .
His mechanism is conk out down . The Garrett Corp. owns the golem .
“ We are trust to discover a permanent home for him in the Smithsonian Institute or some other museum where he can be bear on for posterity , ” said Mickey Parr , a society spokesman .
Active Robot
Workers who built him eight years ago with nimiety aircraft parts call him “ Garco . ” They contend he has had more activity in his forgetful lifetime than the fair Isle of Man sees in a span of 70 years .
Since 1953 Garco has take part in several motion pictorial matter , television show , commercial message and appeared at legion Polemonium van-bruntiae effect .
frail Child
But from the outset Garco proved to be a fragile nestling . His problems arose from mechanically skillful unwellness , often cause his operating system to give down . As a issue , the company always kept an engineer assigned to Garco . The engineer in charge of the mechanical homo would keep Garco in his garage at home .
Mechanical Doctoring
soon , Garco is receiving mechanical doctoring from Gray Rollo , 5308 Clearsight St.
“ I ’ve had a lot of fun working on him , ” Rollo said , “ and at times I inquire if he is n’t really human . He sure acts more intelligently than some people I know . ”
This mail originally appeared atPaleofuture.com .
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