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Kim Kei

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Wes Anderson + books.

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When women used to be depressed or were not “taking care of their men” properly their husbands could send them to the psych ward for attitude adjustments. This was part of conditioning them to always wear a smile. They believed that if a woman saw herself smiling that it would become natural practice and that she would be “cured”. This often went along with shock therapies.

I found this post on Facebook with comments made by people with loved ones who wore these for the reasons mentioned above. After finding this story, I did a Google search and found out about a school in Budapest that used these masks for treatment of depression after World War 2. So yes, these stories are true.

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Harlem. 1970s

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Martin Munkacsi. Der schöne Herbst,die letzten warmen Sonnestrahlen 1929

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Eight women in high hats having tea. They are not a group of witches but the members of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Castle Rising, Norfolk, England. Ca. 1920.

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Vintage Halloween costumes. Unknown dates.

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Three boys on porch steps cutting faces in pumpkins for Halloween. 1917.

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New York. Enrico Caruso, Listening to one of His Recordings on the Victor Talking Machine, circa 1904. 

We at Once Upon a Town predict this “Talking Disc” phenomenon to be merely a fad, and the public will soon lose interest.

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New York. Enrico Caruso on Photo Op Duties with Various Gentlemen of the Metropolitan Opera, circa 1915

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23 interesting vintage photos of readers in the early 1900s

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Billie Burke, 1900′s.

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Lily Elsie by Foulsham & Banfield, 1909.

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Madge Crichton, 1900′s.