A vinaigrette of historical footage from past years. Issue 167

Funny photos, interesting events and people who made history - all this in a new selection.

A piano for bedridden patients. Great Britain, 1935.

Oxford trousers, 1920s.

Such wide trousers began to be worn by students of Oxford and Cambridge, because it was forbidden to come to lectures in breeches. Later, this fashion spread all over the world.

The ship's cat of the British warship Queen Elizabeth, Gallipoli, 1915.

The cat became a mascot on the ship. Without a doubt, he brought good luck to the ship, as the vessel went through two world wars, took part in many naval battles and remained intact.

London, 1954.

Designer Benjamin Bowden with a prototype of his Spacelander bicycle, 1946.

The bicycle had a futuristic design and was equipped with an engine that allowed riders to easily climb steep slopes.

A custom-made car advertises Black Cat cigarettes, England, circa 1915.

Black Cat is a brand of cigarettes sold worldwide until 1993. Named after a real black domestic cat. The cat would sleep for hours curled up in the window of Don José's shop on Wardour Street, long before the turn of the 20th century. Because the cat became such a familiar sight to passers-by, the shop became known as "the black cat shop". Don José decided to use the cat as part of the company's image, and in 1886 it became the first trademark registered by Carreras.

Night Cafe. London, 1952.

Interesting fact: the famous telephone boxes were first painted red in 1924. The red color was chosen to make the phone boxes easy to spot.

A milkman delivers milk on skis along a snowy street in London. December 31, 1962.

A Lipton store in Glasgow, Scotland, 1936.

Now it is a world-famous tea company, but it all started as an ordinary grocery store. It was registered by Thomas Lipton in Great Britain in 1890.

Queen Elizabeth poses next to a monumental vase from the time of Waterloo. Buckingham Palace, 1939.

In the photo, Elizabeth II's mother, Elizabeth Boyes-Lyon, aka the Queen Mother. Here she is 39 years old.

A beach photographer in Herne Bay, England, 1963.

A policeman saves a pig during a flood in southeast England, 1953.

Unusual bicycle. London, 1950s.

Children perform the mad tea party scene from Alice in Wonderland, England, 1930.

The smallest shoe shop in London, 1900.

Class stratification in pre-war England, 1937.

The photo made a lot of noise in the press at the time. It was cited as an example of the class gap in Britain, and was used to illustrate angry articles about aristocrats.

Little washerwomen. London, England, 1890s Beauty contest. England, 1967.

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