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Teacup Feet

by otisarchives3 World War I era photo of Chinese woman’s feet from the Otis Historical Archives at the National Museum of Health & Medicine in Washington, D.C. ...full story at Mutant Palm

from Mutant Palm on Thu, Mar 19 2009

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