15 little-known museum exhibits that will immerse you in the lives of ordinary people from different eras (16 photos)
I offer you a virtual journey through various museums, where you can immerse yourself in the world of history and discover many amazing things. Perhaps you will want to look into them later, but offline - because this way you can experience completely different emotions.
A copy of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was damaged by water, and then mushrooms grew on it
A frog automaton, or more simply, a doll with a mechanical drive, 1820
Like a book, but inside is a 17th century poison storage cabinet
A doll named Michelle was once used to demonstrate how to properly remove objects from children's respiratory tracts, 1930s
Russell E. Oakes invented this donut eating machine in the 1930s
I guess they wanted to keep their hands clean with it.
19th century cane with an original knob
This candle was used to measure working hours in a brothel. Once the candle burned out, the client had to leave, late 1800s
Myrtle Corbin was born with a double pelvis and four legs
After the study, doctors concluded that the two right legs belonged to the lower part of the girl's unformed Siamese twin. She could have had a sister.
The model was used for teaching midwifery, 1700s
They were called “chopins”. Women's shoes that were popular in Europe in the 14th-17th centuries.
The shoes with high wooden soles helped protect dresses from dirt and dust on the streets. They became very popular in Venice, where they were worn by both noble ladies and courtesans.
Masks
They were created by Polish artist Wladyslaw Teodor Benda, 1920s and 1930s.
Crystal bottle used to store poison, 1890
Winkie eye ring, 1962
To make the eye blink, you had to pull the wire on the inside of the ring.
The photo was called "Bat" and published in a German fashion magazine in 1951. The mask was created by French makeup artist Fernand Aubry
Automatic pig feeder, late 1950s. It also played the sounds of a mother pig recorded on tape