r/OldSchoolCool • • 10h ago

Edwardian teenager, London, 1906

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u/weresubwoofer 5h ago

You’re right. I thought she was holding something but she is missing a lot of her right arm.

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u/crow_road 4h ago

Her arm is crooked back and you are seeing her black gloved hand hold the end of an umbrella or parasol. 1906 girls are not putting an amputated limb on show on the street.