These are ice blocks that are sold for ice boxes which were similar to our refrigerators, but not electrified. |
Lamplighters used long poles to light, extinguish and refuel street lamps - until electric lamps were introduced. |
Before radar, troops used acoustic mirrors and listening devices like these to focus and detect the sound of engines from approaching aircraft. |
Rat catchers were employed in cities to control the rat population. They ran high risks of suffering bites and infections, but helped prevent rodents from taking over a city. |
This is a street railway car that was electrified. Many towns had cars such as this and may have called them trolley cars. This really neat car is from Fort Phoenix, Fairhaven, Mass. |
This is a bit older method of transportation since horses were used to pull the cars rather than being electrified. This photograph is dated 1924 and is from Toronto. |
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