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October 1953

Quick Pickup

The Carousel Room of the Pickwick Hotel now features an oxygen machine for a "Quick Pickup." If the bar starts moving on you, just turn around, drop a quarter in the machine, put your nose in a rubber cone and start breathing. One minute of pure oxygen and you're ready for another gin-and-Calso. Saves all the bother of putting your head out the front door into the miserable fresh air.

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