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Posted By: on: 09/26/2000 20:46:19 EDT
Subject: RE: Pocket watches and Spectacles

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I agree with you to a certain extent there, Ironclad, but I often wonder one thing...Since when having a photo taken, the Victorian tradition was to wear your finest and look your best,and since wearing glasses was considered a weakness, and a soldier off to war wanted to show no weakness, that perhaps more men wore glasses than we see because they took their glasses off for the photos. Just a thought, but I guess there is no real way to prove anything.

Regards,
JR
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