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Originally Posted by midmo
These are great. This made me laugh...
"the girls are all sizes, shapes, and vary from real beauties to a dame who makes you actually shudder and wonder how any one ever got the idea of putting her on a card"
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I have a lot of these 19th century "actress" cards, and while I wouldn't quite put it the way Orem did, it's interesting to see how standards of female beauty back then differed from those of later generations, including today. The vast majority of the women on these cards would be considered "plus-size" models today, but apparently that's what 1880s men liked.
On another note, I hope at least some people find these old articles, and especially the price info, as interesting as I do. If nothing else, they're a nice break from all the drama of the past few days.