Vintage Ad Shows That Advertisers In 1912 Were Just As Fixated With Boobs

LOOK: A 1912 Breast Enlargement Ad

One Georgian lady has the answer to increasing your bust -- by six inches in 30 days, apparently.

A page from the April 14, 1912 issue of the Washington Post, posted on the Ye Olde News Tumblr and unearthed by BuzzFeed, shows a lengthy ad for a mysterious breast-enlargement process -- as well as one for hair removal through electrolysis.

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Here's the bust enlargement ad up close:
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We wonder how many women wrote to the poster, asking for her secret?

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