A Mickey Mouse Gas Mask, A Deadly Playground, And 16 Other Photos That Prove The Past Was A Nightmare
1. These old Mickey Mouse costumes that were a teensy bit different than what we're used to now.
2. Also, this Mickey Mouse club photograph that's something straight out of a horror movie:
3. And lastly, this Mickey mouse gas mask that was supposed to quell fear, but it's honestly giving me the opposite effect:
The Official Mickey Mouse Gas Mask from the 1940s. It was designed by Walt Disney to help children with the fear of using it from oddlyterrifying
4. This old school jack o' lantern that still haunts my dreams:
5. This 1800s diving suit that seemed 0% safe but was 1,000% terrifying:
6. This swimming mask that made everyone look like a Creature from the Black Lagoon:
7. This hunting armor people actually donned and somehow survived wearing in the bitter Russian tundra:
8. This vintage beauty tool that seemed more like a torture device:
Designed by Hollywood makeup artist Max Factor in the 1940s, this strange lce Mask was designed to reduce facial puffiness. He believed that his invention would be widely used among actresses who could use them between scenes. Unfortunately for him, they never did. from oddlyterrifying
9. This baby stroller that looked like a tiny tin prison:
10. This snowman that may or may not have been inspired by Bigfoot:
11. This perm machine that I'm convinced wasn't actually curling hair and was instead sucking out your brains:
Looking at this young girl getting her hair done in the 1900’s, with a permanent hair waves machine gives me the creeps from oddlyterrifying
12. These Halloween costumes à la The Strangers:
13. The OG Michelin Man, who should've been called the Michelin Monster:
14. This playground photograph that may or may not actually show someone falling to their death:
15. This animatronic head that I'd be terrified of magically coming to life and talking to me:
This Victorian animatronic head, which was displayed at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851... from oddlyterrifying
16. This Christmas card that just makes me feel very, very weird:
17. This photo that makes me feel very, very grateful for Novocain:
18. And finally, this "anti-distraction" contraption that I genuinely hope was never actually used in schools (but it probably was):
The Isolator- a 1920s mask designed to make it impossible to focus on anything other than what is directly in front of you from oddlyterrifying
Never in my life have I been more grateful to be living in 2021.
h/t: r/oddlyterrifying
