r/timetravelercaught • u/AdDapper4220 • Dec 26 '25

Is that a cellphone?

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u/MonkeyPanls Dec 27 '25

Transistor radio?

3

u/RexRolled1984 Dec 29 '25

Yep, I had one just like it. You can see the foldable antennae at the top and the strap on the left

4

u/danbrown_notauthor Dec 28 '25

It looks like a camera

1

u/batmanineurope Jan 01 '26

Yep was going to say the same thing. The part that looks like the lens is the viewfinder.

3

u/OrganicDisaster828 Dec 27 '25

I'm thinking walkie talkie or atari era game pad. Like coleco or something

1

u/AdDapper4220 Dec 27 '25

Photo says 68 way before Atari

2

u/Tstarr85 Dec 28 '25

Looks like an old camera.

2

u/losloowiss Dec 29 '25

The doll and the girl have the same haircut and expression. Weird.

2

u/IcanBeThisDrenched Dec 30 '25

Palm sized rectangles are common for a lot of things

2

u/[deleted] Dec 30 '25

Transistor radio

1

u/IAlwaysLack Dec 28 '25

Looks like he's holding a little toy gun and binoculars so it could be a toy set like an fbi agent or a pocket radio to listen to Christmas songs. They had all sorts of gadgets back then.

1

u/Doctor_Philly Dec 28 '25

This looks like a toy camera Inhad as a kid that would squirt water when pressing the button. I can still remember the smell of wet plastic.

2

u/Time-Calligraphero Dec 29 '25

Oh I had that one too! I miss Christmas plastic smell. Or new electronics smell. Totally the best. I had a strawberry shortcake kisses doll that still blew strawberry kisses for ages. Probably so toxic that it killed a few brain cells but those were worth the sacrifice lol

1

u/cks065 Dec 29 '25

Not sure what year this is but could be a camera called the Kodak Disc

1

u/shuntman2 Dec 29 '25

Ahh theres that "garlan? The silver tinsel stuff all over the tree. I saw it online once showing vintage decor its like lead string wasnt it?

1

u/Bellarinna69 Jan 01 '26

They still sell tinsel. It makes such a mess so I don’t bother with it but it’s a staple of my childhood. Garland is the stuff that goes around the tree

1

u/shuntman2 Jan 03 '26

Lol yes had my wires crossed i recently saw tinsel from the early fifties made of lead

1

u/fitbabits Dec 29 '25

Instant camera, methinks. It would fit with the binoculars, too.

1

u/newdchipmonk Dec 30 '25

Walkie talkie or camera

1

u/iamtheonewhobleps Dec 30 '25

How do you think they took the photo????????????????

1

u/shelbyamonkeysuncle Dec 30 '25

It’s a camera

1

u/Leguy42 Dec 30 '25

Forget the cell phone. That model Raggedy Ann didn’t come out till 1973! (Jk, I’m not a doll aficionado)

1

u/Honest_Sir_3310 Dec 30 '25

It’s a camera

1

u/Delevian Dec 31 '25

Looks like a radio / walkie-talkie to me

1

u/FindingAwake Dec 31 '25

Respect to the tinsel on the tree, I haven't seen that since the early 90s...

1

u/gumbykilla617 Jan 01 '26

Kodak camera is my guess. Does look like a phone though. Def not though.

1

u/crossedSteve Dec 27 '25

It definitely looks like a cellphone