I don’t know anything about this photo, but the look — and especially those oversized theatrical shackles — dates it to the vaudeville era of the early 20th century. In those days they’d make the chorus girls do (and wear) just about anything for a good burlesque show, and why wouldn’t they?
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It doesn’t take very long riding on a narrow fence rail for this punishment to get rather serious indeed, as I believe our sorry heroine has already figured out:
Model is said to be Kami Roberts, photo is by Henry Higgins.
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He doesn’t have the shackles on her yet, but there’s no doubt in my mind that she’ll be tied hand and foot in the bilges of his boat by moonrise:
Art is by Sincopation.
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Supposedly this isn’t kinky at all. It was a treatment for scoliosis in the 1870s:
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Apparently they had a hell of a celebration in 1938 in Hampton, New Hampshire, celebrating the town’s 3rd centennial. It involved dressing up in colonial clothing and putting somebody in the pillory. Never let it be said the town of Hampton doesn’t know how to party!
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