Miss_Charmion

Two black-and-white photos of a woman, viewed from behind. Her hair is curled and in an elaborate updo and she is wearing frilled briefs and wrapped in sheer cloth. She is flexing her muscles to show the musculature of her back and arms.

Miss Charmion, a sideshow strongwoman and trapeze artist. 1904. From The Circus Book, 1870s-1950s by Frederick Whitman Glasier. Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

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