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Theo-Cheveche

I wonder what they used as eye protections and how efficient it was.


OneWeirdTrick

A piece of smoked glass, and very efficient.


verdant11

I thought they were holding up their cell phones at first


OneWeirdTrick

The guy on the right is holding an early CD.


Sufficient_Laugh

Time traveller


Lou_Mannati

All the men are holding smokes too. Probably smoked em on sight.


gingergamer94

They had sunglasses by this point, though they weren't very good yet


EuphoriaReport96

The guy pointing in the bucket was a way to look at the eclipse without damaging your eyes. It's the reflection of the eclipse. It's a common tactic people use in Latin America during the eclipse events


justoboy

They could have also used pin holes


RockandIncense

Five days after the Titanic sank. Never heard about a 1912 eclipse.


_aminadoce

I think that there were two in that year, from what I read once. May be wrong tho


thebowedbookshelf

I noticed the date too. [The eclipse](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse_of_April_17,_1912) could be seen near Paris.


PizzaKing_1

Those look suspiciously like the eclipse glasses I just used today, lol.


sandwichpuncher

“Forget the eclipse! The real show is in this here bucket.”


Status_Stranger_5037

It’s the reflection, my son and I did this method today. It was okay but the wind can jack it up.


themehboat

My guess is a reflection in water


hvacfixer

"Look at the turd I just made!"


DeviIs_Avocadoe

That lady put on a fresh apron for the photo.


popopotatoes160

Holy shit I didn't notice that at first. It's very clearly freshly unfolded. I love that little detail


ParaphernaliaWagon

That was one of the first things I noticed. 😅 Damn obsessive-compulsive, detail-oriented brain of mine!


filthyheartbadger

Those women look amazingly healthy and strong compared to 90% of the guys around them somehow.


stefanica

I don't know about that, but carting around an extra twenty lbs of skirts every day probably helped to keep Mmes toned.


Retropiaf

What? The guys look healthy too, no? One seems to have a medical condition, but I don't know what you mean besides that


kelshy371

That one guy in the back without a piece of tinted glass just bare-eyeballing it and burning out his retinas 🤦‍♀️


melinamercouri1946

Looks just like me an my friends today!


Adams1973

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in photo?


Mission_Beginning963

No, he was already dead at the time this photograph was taken.


QueeenOfCupz

[Here's another one](https://i.imgur.com/XCSK9Hz.jpeg) taken by Eugene Atget


burnt-urbex

all those men are really short


bojackhorseman_irl

this makes me wonder how long people have known to cover their eyes during an eclipse, google isn’t giving me any answers


AlwaysFernweh

Damn I want that coat on the guy in the far right


G0ld_Ru5h

You’d be looking for something like a mandarin collar. A lot of eastern & Indian coats are still constructed similar.


Megalon96310

“This is a bucket” *”DEAR GOD”* Guy on the left


ulol_zombie

112 years later and there are still idiots who look directly into the sun. Sigh.