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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/IllustratedLondonNews-Vol56/pages/697-Constantinople-Firemen/
I checked some early photos, all the way to 1910 or so, and indeed the firemen in Constantinople were generally barefoot. It seems not an occupation well suited to bare feet!
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https://www.fromoldbooks.org/IllustratedLondonNews-Vol56/pages/385-0001-entrance-to-the-tunnel/
https://fromoldbooks.org/r/R/pages/385-0002-first-tube-train-interior/
https://fromoldbooks.org/r/R/pages/385-0003-first-tube-train-passengers/
The first London underground railway (now affectionately called the tube); the 1870 newspaper article about it is in the description in the first Web link above.
It was narrow-gauge, 2'6", and would have been more cramped than the third picture suggests.
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@thissorryspacesuit -- Perhaps Dickens initially saw the reproduction of Millais’ painting in the "Illustrated London News" (1850-05-11) and couldn’t forget that first impression. It seems that the engraver of the reproduction was a bit biased against Millais’ "Carpenter’s Shop". (https://snrk.de/hideously-ugly/)
#ChristInTheHouseOfHisParents | #CarpentersShop | #Millais | #JohnEverettMillais | #CharlesDickens | #IllustratedLondonNews | #PreRaphaelites