[vanderZwan]

Is that a tie wrap around the power cord of that 1909 toaster pictured at the end of the article? How old are those?

EDIT: Wikipedia (... yeah I know) says tie wraps were invented somewhere between 1956 and 1958. So the picture cannot be the earliest picture of the earliest toaster either I guess?

Goodness, I do not envy historians.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_tie

[milesskorpen]

It could be a picture of the earliest toaster, but the tie was added at a later date. No claim it's original packaging! I imagine it's from a museum or collection and you don't want the cord dangling around.

[vanderZwan]

Yeah, something like that must have happened.

I was not questioning the legitimacy of the toaster itself. Just thought it would be ironic if they think this is an "original" picture of the earliest toaster because it's grainy and black and white, but didn't realize this particular photo could not have been taken earlier than in the late fifties due to the tie wrap.

[nerdponx]

The hoax plot thickens! It seems like it's a later photo of a replica of the original (or just the guts of a random toaster) that's meant to look like it's from 1909. The 2-prong plug also looks surprisingly modern.