Torq
26 May 2024
History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]
Backwater: circa 1890
Before we make fun of India or joke about Cанитарные Bойска, we would be well advised to remember that water had to be carried from wells in many European towns (not to mention villages) well into the 20th century, and nosiwoda (water carrier) was a proper job back then. In the photo we can see a water carrier in the streets of Bolesławiec (lat. Boleslavia, ger. Buntzlau). Some sources date the photo at 1873 others at 1895, so I guess it's safe to assume that it was taken some time on the threshold of the 20th century, and we can see that on the threshold of the 20th century there was no running water in a rather large town in the middle of Europe.
Backwater: circa 1890
Before we make fun of India or joke about Cанитарные Bойска, we would be well advised to remember that water had to be carried from wells in many European towns (not to mention villages) well into the 20th century, and nosiwoda (water carrier) was a proper job back then. In the photo we can see a water carrier in the streets of Bolesławiec (lat. Boleslavia, ger. Buntzlau). Some sources date the photo at 1873 others at 1895, so I guess it's safe to assume that it was taken some time on the threshold of the 20th century, and we can see that on the threshold of the 20th century there was no running water in a rather large town in the middle of Europe.