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Early strongwoman Katie Sandwina lifting three men at once, 1900s or 1910s (lemmy.world)
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[–] addie@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago

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.