Vintage diving suits blow my mind. Here we have an apparatus that probably weighs more than the average compact car, and people were somehow expected to maneuver themselves underwater in such a contraption.
From the Musee Marin in Paris:
From the Oceanographic Museum in Monaco:
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That second one looks like Big Daddy from Bioshock
These made my day, and boy did I need it.