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I found this glass negative in a box of other negatives at a flea market in New York City. The other negatives with it were of a family and their pets, kittens, puppies, children and flowers. I don't know exactly what is happening, but please note how the dueling ruffians in the front are a group of women and the young ladies digging a hole in the background are actually men. View full size.
Here's a photo of my great-aunt Sadie in a derby looking very butch. Taken in Kansas City about 1902. Yet I know Aunt Sadie was happily married for fifty years. Was this a trend that year?
Well, you certainly named the image right. I wonder what was going on here?
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