If you look closely at the picture, you can see that a man is looking at a rectangular object in his right hand. Surprisingly, the object resembled a smartphone. The man in the picture is holding things like 21st century people holding smartphones and scrolling down with their thumbs. This mural is one of six in the Springfield Main Post Office and has not changed since it was originally painted in 1937. Artist Romano died in 1982.

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Some believe that these murals are evidence that time travelers have brought modern technology back to the past. However, there are others who say that the object may be a mirror, very commonly traded in 17th century New England.

If you look closely at the picture, you can see that a man is looking at a rectangular object resembling a smartphone in his right hand (US Postal Service)One user tweeted, “It’s a mirror. But it’s a great example of how our minds project meanings that don’t exist,” he wrote on Twitter. “His problem is that this painting is from the early 1800s, it was very rare to have a personal mirror, and for a number of reasons, very few Native Americans own mirrors. The shape is not oval or round, but a more general type, and finally his thumb position.”

A mirror. But a great example of how our minds project meaning that isn’t there.

— Lucas Olmos (@LucasOlmosAus) September 19, 2022

Lucas, interesting theory. The issue is the this painting is of the early 1800s and it was very rare to have a personal mirror and few native Americans would own one for many reasons. More over the shape is not oval or round the more common type and finally his thumb position.

— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) September 19, 2022

“Is it an iPhone?” One user asked a question, and another said, “Obviously I’m a time traveler.” One netizen wrote, “Isn’t it an accounting tablet sitting on the grain?”

“Mr. Pynchon and the Settling of Springfield”—1937, painting by Umberto Romano [1].

After you rule out the possible, you are only left with the “impossible”.

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[1] https://t.co/cDVKGgcuHG pic.twitter.com/5ZZy45S42e

— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) September 19, 2022

Another painting from the 1860s, which has recently puzzled viewers, shows a woman holding what appears to be an iPhone. This painting shows a woman holding an object in her hands and looking at it as she walks on a country road in The Expected One by Ferdinand George Waldmüller.

However, experts believe there is a more reliable explanation. Peter Russell, who made the observation that sparked the conspiracy, said, “The most shocking thing is how much the change in technology has changed the interpretation of a painting, and in a way it has taken advantage of the whole context.” “The biggest change would have been in 1850 or 1860, when all viewers identified the girl’s preoccupation with a hymn or a prayer book. Today, no one could not help but see the resemblance of a teenage girl raving about. On social media on your smartphone.”

There were other times when the technique was believed to have been found in old paintings. Apple CEO Tim Cook claimed to have found an iPhone in a 350-year-old painting when he visited a museum in Amsterdam. The painting depicts a man holding a rectangular object resembling an iPhone and a woman, child and dog who are interested in the object. “I always thought I knew when the iPhone was invented,” Cook said at the time, “but now I’m not sure anymore.” The first iPhone was released in 2007.