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The old alarm clock (women)

mahmoudalrefaie (32)in #history • 7 years ago

A forgotten profession, the "Knocker-Up.”
In the days before alarm clocks were affordable, people like Mary Smith in this photograph, were hired to wake people early in the morning. Here we see Mrs. Smith shooting dried peas at the window of a Client in London, 1895

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7 years ago in #history by mahmoudalrefaie (32)
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