26 Absurd Things That Were Absolutely Normal in the Past

Peter Pizagalli Published 02/12/2019 in creepy

Seem pretty crazy now

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The automaton Euphonia that can imitate human speech, 1860s
2.
Creating a death mask with the help of a recently deceased person’s head.
3.
Moto-rickshaw with a female driver, 1920s
4.
People demonstrate the tattoos given to them during an amateur tattoo artist contest in France in 1950.
5.
These devices called Sound Finders helped to hear potential incoming enemy planes and detect outbreaks of enemy artillery, 1914
6.
Races on motorcycle chariots, Australia, 1936
7.
Fakir on a bed of nails, India, 1907
8.
A best legs competition in England, 1936
9.
A kid in an oxygen apparatus, USA, 1930
10.
An elephant holds a circus performer in its mouth, USA, 1937
11.
This is how a house on wheels looked in 1926.
12.
A popular method of hair straightening in the 1960s
13.
Just an ordinary day for a babysitter of that time, 19th century
14.
A picture from Popular Science depicting the workers at Walt Disney Studios building an automated caveman for the 1964 New York World’s Fair.
15.
Our world 105 years ago. Before a vaccine against diphtheria was invented.A sign on the left: “In memory of L. H. Larssen and his wife Emilie’s 5 children who died of diphtheria in 1903.”
16.
“The Ghost Team”Argentina’s football team was scheduled to play against Bolivia on September 23, 1973. The team was divided into 2 groups. One group traveled to Tilcara at 2,500 m above sea level to get used to the conditions. But the Argentina FA “forgot” about the team and the team never received the first payment for funds for supplies, the hotel, and food. No one could acquire information about the squad during their stay in Tilcara. That’s why they were called “The Ghost Team.”
17.
A child’s car seat from the 1940s
18.
Kids and cigarettes in ads from the 1960s. What could be better?
19.
Before the era of online games and computers, children’s entertainment in Great Britain, 1973
20.
A woman in a giant frying pan with bacon tied to her feet before 7,200 eggs are added to a record-breaking omelet, USA, 1931
21.
A mobile church based on Ford T with a priest-driver, USA, 1922
22.
Toothache remedy with cocaine, 1885
23.
Water massager for breasts, 1930
24.
Suntan vending machine, USA, 1949
25.
picture from a modern mental asylum in Sierra Leone, Africa, during the 21st century. There are lots of boys who suffer from serious mental diseases caused by years of civil wars.
26.
Horn cupping therapy — a form of folk medicine in Finland, 1935

1.
The automaton Euphonia that can imitate human speech, 1860s
2.
Creating a death mask with the help of a recently deceased person’s head.
3.
Moto-rickshaw with a female driver, 1920s
4.
People demonstrate the tattoos given to them during an amateur tattoo artist contest in France in 1950.
5.
These devices called Sound Finders helped to hear potential incoming enemy planes and detect outbreaks of enemy artillery, 1914
6.
Races on motorcycle chariots, Australia, 1936
7.
Fakir on a bed of nails, India, 1907
8.
A best legs competition in England, 1936
9.
A kid in an oxygen apparatus, USA, 1930
10.
An elephant holds a circus performer in its mouth, USA, 1937
11.
This is how a house on wheels looked in 1926.
12.
A popular method of hair straightening in the 1960s
13.
Just an ordinary day for a babysitter of that time, 19th century
14.
A picture from Popular Science depicting the workers at Walt Disney Studios building an automated caveman for the 1964 New York World’s Fair.
15.
Our world 105 years ago. Before a vaccine against diphtheria was invented.A sign on the left: “In memory of L. H. Larssen and his wife Emilie’s 5 children who died of diphtheria in 1903.”
16.
“The Ghost Team”Argentina’s football team was scheduled to play against Bolivia on September 23, 1973. The team was divided into 2 groups. One group traveled to Tilcara at 2,500 m above sea level to get used to the conditions. But the Argentina FA “forgot” about the team and the team never received the first payment for funds for supplies, the hotel, and food. No one could acquire information about the squad during their stay in Tilcara. That’s why they were called “The Ghost Team.”
17.
A child’s car seat from the 1940s
18.
Kids and cigarettes in ads from the 1960s. What could be better?
19.
Before the era of online games and computers, children’s entertainment in Great Britain, 1973
20.
A woman in a giant frying pan with bacon tied to her feet before 7,200 eggs are added to a record-breaking omelet, USA, 1931
21.
A mobile church based on Ford T with a priest-driver, USA, 1922
22.
Toothache remedy with cocaine, 1885
23.
Water massager for breasts, 1930
24.
Suntan vending machine, USA, 1949
25.
picture from a modern mental asylum in Sierra Leone, Africa, during the 21st century. There are lots of boys who suffer from serious mental diseases caused by years of civil wars.
26.
Horn cupping therapy — a form of folk medicine in Finland, 1935