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1904 Cosmo Magazine - What fun!
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<blockquote data-quote="Martie" data-source="post: 21709" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>Bowed legs were very common due to childhood malnutrition causing rickets. When I first moved to Chicago, I was astounded at the numbers of little old ladies with bowed legs--almost all "ethnic" Eastern Europeans for whom times were very bad when they were young children just before the turn of the century. One "expects" to see spinal curves in this population but I had never seen bowed legs. I'm sure that in 1904, there would have been many successful men who would like to hide their less than prosperous childhoods. Women didn't have to because their to the ankle skirts would cover the problem.</p><p></p><p>Very interesting item to have. I have seen replica Sears catalogs from the early twentieth century, but never a real magazine.</p><p></p><p>Great find!</p><p></p><p>Martie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Martie, post: 21709, member: 284"] Bowed legs were very common due to childhood malnutrition causing rickets. When I first moved to Chicago, I was astounded at the numbers of little old ladies with bowed legs--almost all "ethnic" Eastern Europeans for whom times were very bad when they were young children just before the turn of the century. One "expects" to see spinal curves in this population but I had never seen bowed legs. I'm sure that in 1904, there would have been many successful men who would like to hide their less than prosperous childhoods. Women didn't have to because their to the ankle skirts would cover the problem. Very interesting item to have. I have seen replica Sears catalogs from the early twentieth century, but never a real magazine. Great find! Martie [/QUOTE]
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