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The Naked “What?” Girl

Tagged 1920s

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I have to post this, and you definitely have to share it on Facebook :-).

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I have no story to go with it, but I found it on Shorpy. I think the photo speaks for itself. Happy hump day.

The naked “what?” girl (1922)

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