PugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months agoWoman drinking from a community water pump, Chicago, USA, ~1899media.piefed.socialimagemessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down10
arrow-up1107arrow-down1imageWoman drinking from a community water pump, Chicago, USA, ~1899media.piefed.socialPugJesus@piefed.socialM to HistoryPhotos@piefed.socialEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoDid people in 1899 just carry around a glass just in case?
minus-squarePugJesus@piefed.socialOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoIt’s attached to the pump. Try not to think about the germs.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agothere were cholera outbreaks all the time back then.
minus-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoNot from the cup, from the underlying water supply getting sewage mixed in it. You’re on the money for the time frame though!
Did people in 1899 just carry around a glass just in case?
It’s attached to the pump. Try not to think about the germs.
there were cholera outbreaks all the time back then.
Not from the cup, from the underlying water supply getting sewage mixed in it.
You’re on the money for the time frame though!
l wonder why.