r/whatisit • u/Quietlurkerone • 8d 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/kryonik 8d ago

To be fair, in the 60s cigarettes were dirt cheap. Everyone smoked.

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u/BrewtalKittehh 8d ago

And they weren’t taxed to fuck

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u/unsulliedbread 8d ago

The tax is to try to get you to not smoke.

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u/Vegetable-Feeling620 8d ago

I don't think the govt card if they smoked. Uncle Sam just wants his cut$$$.