Sometime in 1930s Germany someone thought that they should make a little booklet about the dangers of electricity.
I bet that anyone who saw these illustrations never even got near electricity again.
They're terrifying.
I've used 1930s appliances... they're scary.
I bet that anyone who saw these illustrations never even got near electricity again.
They're terrifying.
I've used 1930s appliances... they're scary.
PS I've been electrocuted a few times.
Once while doing the dishes as a kid and water flooded the sink and the coffee machine...
Once while trying to fix an 1930s radio.
But I survived... I think...
Once while doing the dishes as a kid and water flooded the sink and the coffee machine...
Once while trying to fix an 1930s radio.
But I survived... I think...
Oh there's more!
The pictures come from Elektroschutz in 132 Bildern (Electrical Protection in 132 Pictures) made by Austrian (not German, sorry about that mistake) physician Stefan Jellinek (May 29, 1871 – September 2, 1968) who founded The Electro-Pathological Museum in 1936.
PS I once noticed black smoke in my hallway, from an electricity pipe.
Turned everything off and investigated, turns out that the wiring was pre war, possibly pre WW1.
Cloth wrapped wires, connections isolated with tar, in metal tubes.
Cleaned it, put it back.
Turned everything off and investigated, turns out that the wiring was pre war, possibly pre WW1.
Cloth wrapped wires, connections isolated with tar, in metal tubes.
Cleaned it, put it back.
PS this is Herr Stefan Jellinek.
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