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Two women showing their legs in public (very modern!), Toronto, Canada, 1937 (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

By '37? No, you had cameras that could take pretty sharp images in a (ha) snap. Even some expensive consumer cameras could get damn fine shots. Late 19th century is when you have the dying days of long exposure - except for color photography, which generally did require a little time spent stationary until like, the 50s or something.