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Everett True Comics

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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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Printed 110 years ago today in The Day Book. Image cleaned up, see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

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[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 17 points 8 months ago

...and a Shirtwaist is like a Victorian era long sleeve dress, but without the bottom half of the garment. It's basically a stiff fronted blouse, often with puffy sleeves.

https://witness2fashion.wordpress.com/2019/05/30/what-made-a-blouse-a-shirt-waist-in-1909-1910-i-dont-know/