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St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, June 12, 1901 The shirt-waist man will win renown, When he appears in this old town; If he is anything like this, The sight will give the small boy bliss, And all the gaping folk will scan The make-Up of the...   High-res

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, June 12, 1901

The shirt-waist man will win renown, 
When he appears in this old town;
If he is anything like this,
The sight will give the small boy bliss,
And all the gaping folk will scan
The make-Up of the shirt-wait man.

The kooky thing this man is doing is wearing a shirt - without a coat over it. Scandalous! 

The Times, London, England, July 5, 1816 The following appearance, though not very common, is certainly not very unusual in the streets of London, viz. a man with an umbrella, with cloth gaiters and spurs, and a straw hat. A writer, however, in a...   High-res

The Times, London, England, July 5, 1816

The following appearance, though not very common, is certainly not very unusual in the streets of London, viz. a man with an umbrella, with cloth gaiters and spurs, and a straw hat. A writer, however, in a French paper states, that the Parisians were perfectly thunderstruck at such an apparition, and hints that it is only fit for a grotesque habit at a masquerade.