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Vintage Burlesque Photos From The 1890s

Vintage photos by Charles H. McCaghy, a professor emeritus at Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Has society’s definition of beauty changed in 120 years? I don’t know, but look at those gorgeous ankles! posted on March 14, 2012 at 11:20am EDT

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tarao2 a year ago

meaty dames ! wow super sexy i dont see how any man could turn these away meow! ;)
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krisztinai a year ago

Remember when when women who wore tights and shorts were considered sluts? Now they’re just plain tacky.
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They look like sexed up cherubs.
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nightowlnessie a year ago

Lordy these are gorgeous!
But the lady in the top hat is the winner.
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bxmedic19 a year ago

Were all women ugly back then?
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Dunno if people realize how shocking this was at the time. Like hustler or playboy for us now.
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Desire G. a year ago

To all of the comments talking about how “plain” the women were…yes, this is before women plastered their faces with massive amounts of makeup. Some of them are not truly pretty, but I guarantee neither are half the girls in that club when you get them home.
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Why is it all women of the past seem to have “man faces?”
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Dariana a year ago

I don’t know—I’m kind of wondering whether burlesque models would be the ‘beautiful’ women of the time. This is the Victorian era; wouldn’t most of the beautiful women be married, having lots of children, etc.?
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BeBoper a year ago

totally got lady wood from those photos.
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All I could think about.
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kea718 a year ago

Tiny waist and big everything else… It just looks freakish and awkward. I also can’t help but notice that most of these women aren’t very good looking, in fact, many of their facial features look almost masculine. Not impressed.
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Look at those brazen hussies baring their arms and legs!
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Then: ridiculously tiny waist only achieved via possibly dangerous constrictive clothing
Now: ridiculously huge boobs achieved via possibly dangerous augmentative surgery
Yeah… I don’t see too much of a difference actually
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kona a year ago

that waist to hip ratio is just freaking me out
i couldnt really focus on anything else D:
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I love the one with the top hat! I would wear that right now
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I don’t know what the weirdest part is…the waists? The knees? The leotards? The HORSE?
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Anyone else freaked out by the horse one? That is just frickin’ weird.
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