10-02-2008, 06:40 PM
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Originally Posted by spudcon
Anyone else notice the lady with the shiner, front left, picture 12?
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I thought she might have been wearing sunglasses.
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Yellow/Amber and brown-tinted spectacles were also a commonly-prescribed item for people with syphilis in the 19th and early 20th centuries because of the sensitivity to light that was one of the symptoms of the disease.
Modern developments
In the early 1900s, the use of sunglasses started to become more widespread, especially among the pioneering stars of silent movies.
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