![A crime photo of a man who was tarred and feathered as punishment. Tarring and feathering was a form of public humiliation. 1940 : r/WTF A crime photo of a man who was tarred and feathered as punishment. Tarring and feathering was a form of public humiliation. 1940 : r/WTF](https://i.redd.it/a-crime-photo-of-a-man-who-was-tarred-and-feathered-as-v0-mikc0xxvahz81.png?width=380&format=png&auto=webp&s=c77b844d36f6114cf6479db1acc072df7bb2bac2)
A crime photo of a man who was tarred and feathered as punishment. Tarring and feathering was a form of public humiliation. 1940 : r/WTF
![A tarred and feathered man standing on hands and feet with a rope attached to upper thighs and held by a man standing at left; the man on all fours looks back A tarred and feathered man standing on hands and feet with a rope attached to upper thighs and held by a man standing at left; the man on all fours looks back](http://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cph/3a40000/3a45000/3a45500/3a45587r.jpg)
A tarred and feathered man standing on hands and feet with a rope attached to upper thighs and held by a man standing at left; the man on all fours looks back
![The Bostonians paying the excise-man or tarring & feathering / copied on stone by D. C. Johnston from a print published in London 1774. | Library of Congress The Bostonians paying the excise-man or tarring & feathering / copied on stone by D. C. Johnston from a print published in London 1774. | Library of Congress](http://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/pnp/cph/3a00000/3a05000/3a05100/3a05133r.jpg)