The Dimple Machine - Made in Rochester

The Dimple Machine - Made in Rochester

This article was scraped from Rochester Subway. This is a blog about Rochester history and urbanism has not been published since 2017. The current owners are now publishing link spam which made me want to preserve this history.. The original article was published April 25, 2014 and can be found here.

he Dimple Machine, invented by Isabella Gilbert of Rochester NY in 1936.


   Who doesn't find dimples irresistible? In 1936 Isabella Gilbert of Rochester NY invented a spring-loaded contraption that promised to "make a fine set" by pressing a pair of knobs into the cheeks.

Well I'd say that's another one for the long list of groundbreaking innovations at     Rochester Made

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. Thanks to Vicki Robinson for posting this fun fact to the     RocSubway wall

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Chris Gemignani

Chris Gemignani

Rochester, NY, USA