30 Horrible Electrical Accidents, Illustrations From A 1931 Book

by Scott Beale on December 11, 2008 · 2 comments

30 Ways to Shock Yourself

30 Ways to Shock Yourself

30 Ways to Shock Yourself

Bre Pettis has uploaded 30 illustrations of electrical accidents from the 1931 book “Elektroschutz in 132 Bildern”. I find these images to be quite “shocking”.

image via Bre Pettis

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1 Alexis December 11, 2008 at 7:00 pm

What is so shocking here?

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2 Jason Schupp December 12, 2008 at 9:32 am

Well apparently everything, because the people in these illustrations are in grave peril! :)

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