Two men posing with a 'Punt Gun', a kind of shotgun for hunting waterfowl in large quantities, 1923 (lemmy.world)
Treffaswagen prototype tank, WW1, 1917 (lemmy.world) Straight out of “Abe’s Exodus”. Time to crush some Sligs?
Antarctic explorer stands atop an iceberg, with active volcano Mt. Erebus in the distance, 1911 (lemmy.world)
Weekly wartime ration for two British civilians, excluding bread, fresh vegetables, and some canned goods, WW2, 1943 (lemmy.world)
Two explorers looking at their ship, 'Terra Nova', during an Antarctic expedition, 1911 (lemmy.world)
Mary Smith, paid weekly for shooting dried peas at workers' windows to wake them for their shifts, Britain, 1930s (lemmy.world)
'Knocker-Upper' in Britain, a method of waking people up for their work shifts before reliable/cheap alarm clocks, 1915 (lemmy.world)