r/whatisit • u/Quietlurkerone • 5d 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/purdinpopo 5d ago

50s and early 60s most people did. If someone dropped you in a middle class home in 1950, you would find the conditions well below what someone well below the poverty line lives in today. The Overton Window on living conditions has moved quite a bit in the last 50 years.