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Rube Goldberg at the New Museum is the Daily Pic by Blake Gopnik

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The Daily Pic: Rube's contraptions are as crazy as they seem

Blake Gopnik
Blake Gopnik
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"Professor Butts goes over Niagara Falls in a collapsible ash-can and hits upon an idea to take your own picture" (Williams College Art Museum, © Rube Goldberg Inc.)
Blake Gopnik

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