Typewriter/toilet kit from 1932
The February, 1932 issue of Popular Science carried this article praising a portable typewriter with an integrated toilet-kit for the "professional man or woman who travels... a utility case that not only contains a portable typewriter and writing supplies but most of the toilet articles and other things that are likely to be needed on a trip." Can you imagine such a thing today: a laptop bag with all your naughty, scary liquids enclosed? Why not just wear an "I [picture of a bomb] airplanes" tee-shirt?
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