Before our (relative) time

This puppet has unfortunately not been one of ours. To our benefit: We did not exist yet.

The photo was taken by Harry Burnett at Cal Tech in Pasadena where Albert Einstein was teaching. Einstein saw the puppet perform at the Teato Torito and was quite amused. He reached into his jacket’s breast pocket, pulled out a letter and crumpled it up. Speaking in German, he said, “The puppet wasn’t fat enough!” He laughed and stuffed the crumpled letter up under the smock to give the puppet a fatter belly.

Quelle: http://www.topdesignmag.com/20-very-interesting-photos-from-the-30s/