Rube Goldberg by Emily Fry

1. Rube Goldberg
By Emily fry

2. Quick Facts
 Born: 4th July 1883 in San Francisco.
 Died: 7th December 1970 in New York.
 Original name: Rueben Lucius Goldberg.
 Occupation: Cartoonist, illustrator, Inventor.

3. Early life
 Rube Goldberg started his career by designing Sewers in San Francisco. Earning $100 a
month.
 He did this for a couple of years, then got onto his career of drawing.
 He drew cartoons for the San Francisco Chronicle, earning $8 a week. Some of those
drawings had been found in the bin.
 A bigger step in his career was when he was asked to sketch athletes at sporting events.

4. Newspapers he drew for…
 San Francisco chronicle
 San Francisco bulletin
 New York evening mail.
 New York Sun

5. His cartoon series
 He had 2 cartoons series, Foolish Questions and Sideshow.
 From these two series, He was earning $100,000 a year!

6. His machines
His machines came about when he started drawing humorous but logical inventions to
perform a simple task.
 E.g. One of his drawings was to open a garage door using a bumblebee, athlete and a
hat.
 A bit like a marble roller when all little things perform a big thing. 

7. THANKS
 I got my info from http://www.mousetrapcontraptions.com/history-4.html
 Thank you for reading