These are some old pictures of peasants who lived in the 19th-20th centuries in the Krasnoyarsk Region. Most of them were taken during an expedition to Yenisei Province in West Siberia, which began in 1911 under the direction of a museum worker. Its aim was to explore and photograph the culture and everyday life of the people who lived there.

This very picture was taken in 1916.

This is a peasant of Yenisei Province. The picture was taken in 1920s.

A photo of two elderly peasants with a chapel in the background, 1911.

Elderly women wearing thier holiday clothes, 1911.

A peasant family, 1905. The stairs are covered with hand-made rugs.

Another peasant family on a holiday, 1912.

A family of old timers and Old Believers in Yenisei Province.

A rich peasant family, 1911.

Teenagers, 1911.

Young peasant men standing in front of the barn, 1911.

Peasant girls in their holiday clothes, 1912.

Peasant men wearing their everyday working clothes, standing near a sleigh, with a mill in the background.

A miner in his holiday clothes, 1911.

The superviser of the mine. The picture was taken in 1887.

Supervisers’ job was to supervise the work and accept gold from the workers. This kind of shirt was very popular among miners of that time. High-heeled boots were in fashion in 1880-1890 too. A hat and a watch hanging on a chain or a string, were a luxury showing the status of their owner.

A country teacher with her family, 1916.

A medical assistant and a convict man, 34, who has covered a distance of 40 versts (50 kilometers) on foot, when the temperature in the street was 30 degreed below zero. 1911.

A potter, 1911.

Fishing pollan at a lake.

A peasant woman going to check her rods, 1911.

Fisherman. 1911.

These two man have killed a deer. The beginning of the 20th century.

A peasant hunter. 1911.

A hunter with his dog, 1911.

In the yard, 1911.

Flax pressing, 1910s.

Washing up in the Yenisei River, 1990s.

Women doing their washing. Reproduction. 1990s.

String twisting, 1914.

Tobacco harvesting, 1916.

A woman and her weaver’s loom, 1916.

Peasants making brooms. The 19th-20th century.

Peasants dancing. 1913-1914.

Playing a game. 1990s.

A running contest between a man and a horse, 1904.

The contest took place at one of the streets of the village. The pole marked the starting line. People in the background were supporters or just onlookers. The course was not too long and had a 180-degree-turn, allowing the man to win from time to time.

Migrant peasants. 1990s.

In the beginning of the 20th century, there was a big migration wave from western parts of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, to Siberia.

A migrant Ukrainian woman. The 19th-20th centuries.

A Ukrainian woman, 1911.

A wedding day. 1913.

Source ;  http://englishrussia.com

3D Stereoviews of Old Japan

These 3D stereoviews were made in the late 19th - early 20th century by known Japanese photographer T. Enami.
Normally, stereoviews consist of two almost identical photos and when viewed through a stereoscope, it gives the impression of three-dimensional space.
Now let's look at these 3D steroviews, but the good thing is, we won’t need any stereoscopes as they are already animated, but the effect is still the same ))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Source :  http://izismile.com

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The Postal Troll

Reginald Bray was the “headache” of the British postal system. It may seem that he uses a mailbox as a garbage can. However, bulbs which the man lowers into the slot have postage stamps on them. By law, these vegetables must be delivered to the postal address.

It all began in 1898. Mr. Bray saw the Royal Mail Tracker User guide that said it would deliver anything anywhere, from bees to elephants. Bray understood this slogan literally, and he spent the next 40 years of his life experimenting with the limits of the British postal system. His first postcard had to be delivered to “any house in London”.

He could mail a photograph of a rock with a note, “To a resident nearest to this rock”.

He could encrypt address as a riddle.

He could mail knitted envelopes.

He could use postcards with two addresses asking to forever forward them from one address to the other.Of course, not every letter found its recipient, but the postal system tried hard. Bored of postcards, Reginald Bray switched to parcels. He used mailbox to mail a pot, a turnip with the address carved on it, a rabbit’s skull, a pipe, a penny, a bicycle and other things.

Mr. Bray pasted a mark on each item delivered. He once mailed a dog. He even had himself delivered as a letter.

Bray is well-known as “The Autograph King”. He sent letters to ordinary people and celebrities asking them for an autograph. His collection amassed over 15,000 autographs by 1939. He was trying to get Hitler’s authograph. He kept sending letters to him when he received a respond from the German office saying, “The Fuhrer is busy. Refrain from any further mails to this address”. Those were 1930s. Hitler was busy.