Early strongwoman Katie Sandwina lifting three men at once, 1900s or 1910s

235 points · 12 comments · view on lemmy.world

12 Comments

ivanafterall@kbin.social · 22 pts · 2y (5 replies)

The photo was snapped just as something awakened within the middle guy.

PugJesus@kbin.social · 13 pts · 2y

One of them might actually be her husband, who often participated in her routines as a human weight.

SusheeMonster@kbin.social · 4 pts · 2y

"I quite enjoy being the meat in this sandwich, yes I do."

Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Snu snu?

DieterParker@feddit.de · 6 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Snu snu

Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y

The mind is willing, but the body is soft, and bruised

AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 2y (1 reply)

There's no strain in any of those muscles. My guess is that black background is designed to hide whatever contraption is supporting the men.

addie@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 2y

It's the early days of really crap camera film that needed about a minute of exposure time. She probably could lift three men at once - if she found three horse jockeys, that might be less than 120 kg - but couldn't hold the pose completely motionless for the time needed to take the picture. Hence the 'carefully staged' photo.

Lexam@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 2y

That's a really long right arm.

orvorn@slrpnk.net · 9 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I worry for the heels on those shoes.

Pencilnoob@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

celery cracking noises

ekZepp@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
[ removed ]
spacecowboy@sh.itjust.works · -3 pts · 2y

Three manlets.