It's the era of levers, fuel, and cogs; the cusp of the electric revolution, where simple buttons and keypads have not been finessed to the point of everyday use they likely have in X's world.

Stentors stand by and explain easy features, "Modern Conveniences!", and the coming world of Tomorrow.

One particularly interesting exhibit is on German inventor Gottlieb Daimler's gas-powered 'motorcycle'. An earlier model developed over two decades previous by Sylvester Howard Roper is on display (coal-powered, two-cylinder, steam-driven), while the mostly wooden gas-powered replacement is shown in grainy photographs, blueprints, and sketches. Though, one of its iron-banded wheels — with wooden spokes — is on display.

It's a bone-crunching monster of a vehicle, powered by a single-cylinder engine. The crowd oohs and ahhs.