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[โ€“] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

This looks a LOT like a 1930s radio, combined with a microfilm viewer, which was very much available at libraries everywhere in the 1930s (and can still be found in archives today).

[โ€“] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

A microfilm viewer is definitely the inspiration, but is this 1930s? It looks more like 1950s to me. Even then, notice that the thing holding the screen is huge. I can't find an image of a definitively 1930s one, but I did find this proof of concept for a home one from 1935. Pretty different form factor.