Just speculating but this may have been a surplus purchase after war. Or they were given to Studebaker by the military to meet GOV Regs. during the war.

Simply amazing.

Man I would love to have that thing. It's a sweep generator more than likely a HP. They are fun to play with if you have an O'scope.

Can anyone say waterboarding?

That is one helluva cup. It looks to big to be a spoon and I doubt they have let patients have spoons in their "rooms". It was probably a sane person locked away in here trying to get out.