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HistoryPorn @lemmy.world PugJesus @lemmy.world 3mo ago

Woman drinking from a community water pump, Chicago, USA, ~1899

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Is that cup tied to the pump? Is it a public cup? I think I'm going to be sick.
- Wait until you find out about penny licks
  
  that was a horrifying read
- 200 townspeople 1 cup
- Yes. Before germ theory and the 1918 pandemic, this was a common thing.
  
  Give it time, we're headed back that way
- So is she
- What you dont use the publicup?
- I mean how clean do you really think that 1899 Chicago water is?
- Find some peace by thinking the caption is wrong. I can't see her DRINKING. She looks like a model! She was only posing with the pump.
Is the kid doing a super rude gesture or just a weird gesture?
- I vote he is doing the eat a pussy gesture. I can almost hear the "lap lap lap" sound.
- He wants to drink from her cup, if you catch my drift.
  
  I don't understand? So you're saying the boy is thirsty?
- Honestly this photo bomb is my favorite part of the picture
- is this the actor from community?
That is a woman who knows how good she looks.
- Yeah she looks fine as hell.
Imagine getting that dressed up just for a drink of water..
Woo those old wood sidewalks.

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