Historical Indulgences

ca. 1855, [lady using snuff]

via Respiratory Disease: A Photographic History 1845-1870, The Pioneer Era, Stanley B. M.D. Burns

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    Oh dear. She should be smiling. She is using snuff, after all.

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    *weeps with joy* THIS IS GLORIOUS.

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