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One more basket carrier for the road! 20 baskets on his head, count 'em! London, 1925 (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyporn@lemmy.world
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[-] dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 10 months ago

There’s twenty one.

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 17 points 10 months ago

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

[-] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

Are they empty?

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 10 points 10 months ago

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 points 10 months ago

Dudes on the left are also agog.

[-] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 4 points 10 months ago

c/osha

[-] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago

It's Landon innit, it's Elfen Safety

[-] jonkenator@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

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

[-] richteratmosphere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Can't be good for the neck.

[-] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago

bet he learned that at the Mongolian Basket Weaving Forum

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