If you tried to explain a rotary phone to a kid who grew up with touchscreens and Face ID, they’d probably look at you like you were crazy. That’s because the precursors to our current modern technology are practically unrecognizable today, whether it’s an early iron or the first coffee maker.
With that in mind, we’re going back in time to see if you can identify these old household objects that look wildly different from today’s iterations.
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Looked something like an old vacuum but the hint f a man using it says maybe a beard trimmer.
Coffee grinder.
Coffee Grinder
Toaster
Crank phone
Phone
Hair Clippers
Hand hair clippers
home made ice cream maker
The hand clippers were a torture device. They pulled more hair than they cut. Remember my dad getting them out and a chair when I was very young. I remembered my previous encounter and scurried under the bed. Wrong move. The bed moved and I was physically placed in the chair to endure another hair pulling.
low energy washing machine and low water.
Stove top toaster
Early toaster without the electrical cord.
Printing press.
Hair clippers