Akanksha Singh

Akanksha Singh

Akanksha Singh

A collage featuring two images of Mr William Crompton, the oldest knocker-upper in Bolton in 1939. How alarm clocks put knocker-uppers out of business
Meet the people paid to rouse the workers of industrial Britain.
An old black and white photo of a man practicing phrenology on a bust. The lies that skulls told us
The pseudoscience phrenology swept the popular imagination, and its practitioners made a mint preying on prejudices, gullibility, and misinformation.
How refrigeration destroyed the massive international ice industry
Ice harvesters once made a living from frozen lakes and ponds, but the work was strenuous and dangerous. Then refrigeration changed everything.