While noting that selfies are about as old as photography the use of a selfie stick has generally been thought of as a modern phenomenon, not so according to this article. All I can say that Mr Hogg has a lot to answer for...
I have seen several versions of the story but this seems the best for posting
https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30550998
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1st September 2018, 10:35 PM #1
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The first selfie stick is older than you might think...
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1st September 2018, 10:49 PM #2
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Re: The first selfie stick is older than you might think...
I have one of those Polaroid SX-70 cameras that's got to be over thirty years old and it had the shutter button in the front of the camera, when I wanted to take a photo of myself I would use a long stick to click the shutter, I wonder if he is doing something similar.
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