Sunday, April 22, 2012

The First Photograph Of The Finger (Fingers, No. 27)

By Mona Goldwater, Signs, Symbols, and Gestures Editor












In this photo from 1886, pitcher Old Hoss Radbourn, at the far left in the back row, gives the finger to a cameraman.   It is the first known photograph of someone giving The Finger.
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