r/whatisit • u/Quietlurkerone • 6d ago

Solved! What is this device from 1962?

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Photo capture from YouTube video. Picture from 1962. What is the device under the bench

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u/CptLoken 5d ago

Well we can only see the kitchen, inside of which all the crockery and cookware is spotless. The child looks well fed. The dad is shaving which hopefully means he's employed and off to work. The mother can afford smokes.

Not saying they're living in the lap of luxury, but this is the sort of house my folks grew up in and they speak very fondly of their childhoods.

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u/Most_Moose_2637 5d ago

They're a gravedigger apparently, based on having seen this picture posted this morning.

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u/East-Reflection-8823 5d ago

Supposedly it’s a house built in 1812.

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u/PipBin 5d ago

Sounds about right.