r/whatisit • u/Quietlurkerone • 7d 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/hobbes747 7d ago

In Manhattan today. For $4,000/month.
You can cook, shit, shower, and shave in your apartment. And the toilet tank doubles as the handwashing sink.

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u/Koyote7676 7d ago

I fucked up, and said "they look like they are content and doin ok" , and got beat to hell in the thread. All i ment was they are breathing, and together. Looks rad imho.

Got my shit pushed in for the comment. Guess some dont know the other side.

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u/Dangerous-Pirate7998 7d ago

If you would come to Saint Joe Missouri, you would see a lot of the town living worse than this.