Life and Pipes in 1902

[Slacey]

I volunteer at a living museum set in the year 1900 so quite often dig out old film on YouTube as it's both fascinating and useful. Here is a good example and there are plenty of pipe smokers to spot, far more common in those days.

Eerie to think though that every living soul in that film is long gone - but I bet some of the pipes are still around somewhere. Also interesting to see the people's reaction to the camera - in a working Northern town it was likely the first one they had ever seen.

 

[gervais]

That was just eerie in general ? definately neat though

 

[autumnfog]

Very interesting, thanks for posting!
Sequences like this is the closest we'll ever get to time travels and therefore very valuable.

 

[troyniss]

I love videos like this. Great post!

edit: I just realized I was already subscribed to this channel. I've seen quite a few of his videos.

 

[voorhees]

I especially like how dapper the fella at 4:37 is. Looks like he is quite happy. As for the pipe smokers, I know a lot of people smoke to keep their appetites in check, probably used to keep hunger pains at bay.

 

[wordheavy]

Always interesting to see something from times past. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Casual]

Even the street toughs are in jacket and tie.

 

[Slacey]

This is me with one of the smaller engines I operate and outside the boiler room of the big single cylinder winding engine, with one of the old boys who taught me the ropes.

 

[seldom]

My oldest pipe is a 1899 BBB own Make so this video is roughly from the time it was made. Interesting to imagine it being used back then.

 

[Saintwilliam]

That’s one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Bowie]

Thanks for posting. It was a relaxing watch. Excellent moustaches back in 1902.

Now I'll have to watch more videos from this account. Thanks for ruining my productivity today.

 

[wolflarsen]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.
I wonder which tobacco blends they were smoking back then?

 

[scloyd]

Wasn't expecting the two chaps to take off their coats and engage in a fist fight (6:53).
Thanks for sharing. That was interesting.

 

[jguss]

Eerie to think though that every living soul in that film is long gone

Before invading Greece in 480 BC Xerxes staged a review of his fantastically immense army and navy (contemporary sources pegged the number in the millions; modern scholars at a few hundred thousand). As Xerxes observed the men gathered on the plain below him he wept. When his uncle Artabanus asked him why, Xerxes replied:

It came into my mind how pitifully short human life is --- for of all these thousands of men not one will be alive in a hundred years' time.

 

[Sewage Pipe]

This was very peaceful to watch. It's just amazing seeing a time where the town is just alive with people outside enjoying themselves with very little. A time before America was plagued with fast food, diabetes, obesity, and everyone having to worry about their children's safety. I love watching ww2 documentaries and probably have watched close to all of them lol but this was very relaxing, thanks.

 

[p4ttythep3rf3ct]

Really dig that Cavalier at 4:08

 

[sablebrush52]

Thanks for posting this. People are people then as now. Kids gawk at the camera, play leapfrog, men get into fights, people shop, etc. Fire departments are a tad faster in their response nowadays.

 

[litup]

Wasn't expecting the two chaps to take off their coats and engage in a fist fight (6:53).
Thanks for sharing. That was interesting.

No kidding. At first I thought they were hamming it up for the camera but aside from not being very good at landing punches, it looked like they were really fighting.

 

[jguss]

They were fighting over the relative merits of iOS vs Android

 

[alaskanpiper]

I'm glad I wasn't around then. My mustache game is way too weak.