You may have seen the selfie stick—but have you seen the selfie string? It seems this is how inventive photographers were shooting selfies back in 1935, apparently:
(Via Imgur. Click image to see full size.)
Pictured here with a fabulous sable collie is John Jard’s grandfather. According to Jard, his grandfather achieved this shot in Ontario, Canada, pretty easily. He tied a piece of string to the camera’s shutter release and simply pulled. It would take another 80-odd years before anyone thought to add a stick to the mix, though.
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How about the “start-the-timer-and- run-into-position” routine. Not quite in 1935 but pretty common a couple of decades later.
I have an old Kodak Autographic No. 2C Junior with a hole in the shutter release lever and also on a small arm that swung out from the bed to guide a string for remote triggering. people have been taking selfies since the beginning of photography.