r/whatisit • u/Hangry-24-7 • 1d ago

New, what is it? Uncle holding something

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Picture of my wife’s uncle as a boy 7 or 8 yrs old. Grew up on a farm in western NY. This picture dates back to around 1947 or 1948. What is the boy holding? Is it a toy? Or some sort of farm tool?

Update — yes this photo was enhanced using ai to take the graininess out of the original picture. My wife is giving a copy of the image to her cousin for an 80th birthday gift along with other photos.

The AI bashing on this post is unbelievable! How come nobody is bashing the fact that I used a scanner to create a jpeg of the image as opposed to creating a duplicate from a photo negative in a dark room and sending out 250 copies thru the postal service?

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u/Ok_Scallion1902 1d ago

I believe that's a spytube with a mirror set at an angle to see around corners ; very popular in the James Bond/Man from U.N.C.L.E. era of mid sixties.

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u/Unique_Acadia_2099 1d ago

Yeah, but the app said 1947/48

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u/Ok_Scallion1902 1d ago

True,but that tech was very old dating back to trench warfare WW1.