Inventor Chester E. MacDuffee stands next to one of the first atmospheric diving suits. The suit weighed around 550 pounds, 1911

"Knocker-uppers" were hired to ensure that people would wake up in time for their jobs. They earned six pence a week to shoot dried peas at sleeping workers windows in East London, 1930s.

South end of Bowery, Coney Island, New York, 1903.

In 1927 Eban Byers was prescribed radioactive energy drink that made his jaw fall off after falling and injuring his arm

https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-blessings-of-radium-water-made-his... View MoreIn 1927 Eban Byers was prescribed radioactive energy drink that made his jaw fall off after falling and injuring his arm

https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-blessings-of-radium-water-made-his-head-disintegrate-3ac052cb8620

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French striker realizes the riot policeman is his childhood friend, 1972

On April 6, 1972 in Saint-Brieuc, a town in Brittany, the workers from the company Joint Français went on strike. The CRS (Fre... View MoreFrench striker realizes the riot policeman is his childhood friend, 1972

On April 6, 1972 in Saint-Brieuc, a town in Brittany, the workers from the company Joint Français went on strike. The CRS (French riot police) moved in. Face to face, are Guy Burmieux, a worker, and Jean-Yvon Antignac, a riot policeman. Jacques Gourmelen, the photographer, was covering local news for the newspaper Ouest-France. “I took the photo on instinct. Burniaux had recognized his old friend and classmate,” said the photographer to his colleague Véronique Constance, on the 40th anniversary of this legendary strike. “I saw him go toward his friend and grab him by the collar. He wept with rage and told him, ‘Go ahead and hit me while you’re at it!’ The other one didn’t move a muscle.”

“I was one of the workers on strike,” Burmieux told Ouest-France. “We were getting paid next to nothing, working 47 hours a week... We had locked up three of the company’s directors. We spent the night on the premises, drinking endless cups of coffee. In the morning, the atmosphere was electric. According to the police, the guys from the CRS section 13 who were the first on the scene. And I recognized Jean-Yvon! We were in school together at the Lycée Curie. We were the class clowns, we were inseparable.”

“After this landmark shot, here’s what happened. The two friends got together and had a drink every Sunday morning at the local pub. The striker, Guy, even later trained the policeman’s son to work in the factory.” According to this article which also has a link to a French article:

https://www.sarahcunningham.org/childhood-friend-worker-policeman-france

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Purchasing a Christmas tree, 1933.

The Monowheel, 1930s.

A knuckleduster/revolver that was made in Liege, Belgium in 1870.