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Motorized Surfboard, 1948

Motorized Surfboard, 1948

Hollywood inventor Joe Gilpin riding his motorized surfboard.

In this photo: Joe Gilpin

Photo: Peter Stackpole/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Apr 01, 1948
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