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46 Extremely Rare, Mind-Blowing Photos From The 19th And 18th Century That Show Just How Wildly Different Things Used To Be
1800s 25¢ bill:
1880s ID card:
18th century diving suit:
1800s shoes for crushing chestnuts:
18th century fire alarm that you'd need to hit with a hammer to alert the village of a fire:
18th century machine that let researchers read up to eight open books at once:
1840s medical inhaler that administered anesthesia:
18th century condom:
1890s brass knuckle pistol:
1850s women's self defense glove:
1800s hidden staircase in a Victorian home:
18th century sword-shaped Chinese coins:
1830s clock:
1700s oil lamp:
1880s Victorian dollhouse:
1740 wheelchair for Holy Roman Empress Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel:
1820 coffin collar that prevented grave robbers from stealing corpses:
18th century Scottish mortsafe to stop graverobbers:
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1890 steamer trunk that converts into a dresser:
1880s penny farthing bike:
1850 $10 bill:
22.1890s manners book:
18th century gaming device that came before the pinball machine:
mid-1700s well that was glassed over and eventually became part of a home's kitchen:
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18th century French chair for reading books:
1750s wall latern:
18th century mansion's dog grave:
18th century case of amputation instruments:
18th century lock that requires four keys to open:
18th century palace hall:
1700s graffiti on a cathedral:
18th century building in Norland, Norway:
1700s lighthouse Fresnel lens:
1800s sundial alarm clock:
1800s pepperbox pistol:
19th Century guide on how much you could sue for loosing a limb:
1830 cost of a semester at Harvard:
18th century uranium glass china that glows under UV light:
1800s cemetery that was preserved in the basement of a building:
1840 Japanese shadow puppet guide:
1880 tap and die set (aka toolkit):
1821 recipe for Ginger Ale:
1800s corner chair:
1800s telephone:
19th century Victorian home library:
finally, this 19th century guide on who to avoid in the marriage market:
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