As my previous picture of Victorian wrestlers proved exceptionally popular, I thought you may like a
As my previous picture of Victorian wrestlers proved exceptionally popular, I thought you may like another, this donated by Alan. Poses wold have been held still to capture artificial action, when cameras could not use the fractions-of-a-second exposures we take for granted in sporting scenes today - at least with his fingers and toes against the ground, his partner is not having to support too much weight without moving and blurring the photograph! -- source link
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