c/historyporn · by PugJesus@lemmy.world · 2y

One more basket carrier for the road! 20 baskets on his head, count 'em! London, 1925

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10 Comments

dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de · 17 pts · 2y (1 reply)

There’s twenty one.

PugJesus@kbin.social · 17 pts · 2y

Dammit, Jim, I'm a historian, not a mathematician!

troyunrau@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Are they empty?

PugJesus@kbin.social · 10 pts · 2y

Not sure about this particular pic, but I know that porters at this time would carry multiple filled baskets like this, and that human beings can carry and balance a surprising amount of weight on their heads.

eestileib@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y

Dudes on the left are also agog.

Sibbo@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

c/osha

Mr_Blott@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y

It's Landon innit, it's Elfen Safety

richteratmosphere@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

Can't be good for the neck.

jonkenator@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

~~Caps~~ baskets for sale, 50¢ a ~~cap~~ basket.

DavidGarcia@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 2y

bet he learned that at the Mongolian Basket Weaving Forum