RogueTess asks scifi fans for an early reference to spy cameras on clothing, like a tie clip. I'm blanking.....

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  October 07, 2008 at 21:57 NotAN1nja says there's the spy stuff, bond avengers, get smart, etc
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  October 07, 2008 at 22:05 RogueTess found a site called technovelgy.com which is fun for research. How early were the Bond books?
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  October 07, 2008 at 23:46 gknee says the first book was published in 1953
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  October 07, 2008 at 23:48 RogueTess thx gknee. I think I have enough to start. Gotta love Bond's gadgets!
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  October 07, 2008 at 23:49 Gwenny says the first ACTUAL spy camera was made in 1950
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  October 07, 2008 at 23:49 Gwenny says so undoubtedly the fiction predates it a bit. I'm looking
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  October 07, 2008 at 23:52 RogueTess awesome! Can you help me find the 1st spy *video* camera (real or fictional)?
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  October 07, 2008 at 23:52 Gwenny says I lied
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  October 07, 2008 at 23:52 Gwenny says 1865!!!
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  October 07, 2008 at 23:53 Gwenny says It was not until about 1865 that a small sliding box camera 1 inches by 1 2/3th of inch was developed. This was likely the
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  October 07, 2008 at 23:53 Gwenny says first subminiature spy camera that was developed in France.
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  October 07, 2008 at 23:54 RogueTess dood! 1865?! very cool
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  October 07, 2008 at 23:55 Gwenny says yeah! Kicks butt. Who knew. I suspect there must have been pulp fiction from the civil war that had mention of them
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  October 08, 2008 at 00:00 Gwenny says ask and ye shall receive, Video Spying & Spycams: A Brief History
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  October 08, 2008 at 00:12 RogueTess loves gwenny! Thanks so much for the link!
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  October 08, 2008 at 00:19 MissM says wild wild west, duh
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  October 08, 2008 at 01:03 gknee had a crush on Artemus Gordon as a child
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  October 08, 2008 at 05:07 Gwenny says YES, had one on Artemus Gordon as well . . .and Barney Collier. Man, I loved the stuff he did on Mission Impossible.