We saw this in a vintage shop yesterday and were deeply confused. Baby? Old lady with a pacifier? Confusion deepened further when we noticed the label said: "tobacco jar"

MIss Correct Posture (1956). In the 50’s and 60s’, American chiropractors held a series of rather unusual beauty pageants where contestants were judged and winners picked not only by their apparent beauty and poise, but also their standing posture, backed with X-rays of their spines.

Source https://www.neatorama.com/neatopicto/2014/09/11/Miss-Correct-Posture/

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THE MADMAN'S LIBRARY: THE STRANGEST BOOKS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND OTHER LITERARY CURIOSITIES FROM HISTORY, by Edward Brooke-Hitching

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