These were usual things in the past, but today you may find them unusual.
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Building labourer on a stone being hoisted up to building, Sydney, ca. 1930s |
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Kids playing swing on the beach, Southern California, 1932 |
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Changing the light bulb, ca. 1890s |
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Children playing criket on street in Dockland, London, 1950 |
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Children playing with sharp implements, Lawrence, Kansas in the early 1950s |
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Girl sitting down with lions at Hertel's Zoo, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada, 1958 |
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Kids in a rowboat, Boston, ca. 1920s |
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Maintenance workers on Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol, ca. 1950s |
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Men pulled a large pole with ropes and wooden sticks at Maitland railway station, NSW, 1909 |
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Nha Trang, Vietnam, 1969 |
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Passenger transfer on the open sea, 1908 |
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People moving a car to the top of a building, Massachusetts, 1936 |
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Repairing a roof in Sweden in the 1940s |
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Sheeps on a street in London, 1925 |
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Throw the baby, Queensland, ca. 1930s |
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Tokyo firemen training, 1915 |
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Walking on the railroad tracks in Tottenham, Ontario, 1948 |
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Young boys run to hitch a ride on the back of a carriage in London, 1941 |