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'How a wife should undress'

Updated 9:56 AM ET, Tue July 16, 2013

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School of Undressing professor Connie Fonzlau, left, demonstrates the wrong way to disrobe, while burlesque star June St. Clair shows the correct way, during a class at the Allen Gilbert School of Undressing in New York in 1937. Classes cost $30 for six lessons, according to an article published in Life magazine.
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'How a wife should undress' – School of Undressing professor Connie Fonzlau, left, demonstrates the wrong way to disrobe, while burlesque star June St. Clair shows the correct way, during a class at the Allen Gilbert School of Undressing in New York in 1937. Classes cost $30 for six lessons, according to an article published in Life magazine.
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Fonzlau undresses in "the worst possible method of disrobing."
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'How a wife should undress' – Fonzlau undresses in "the worst possible method of disrobing."
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St. Clair, on the other hand, demonstrates "how wives should undress in front of their husbands."
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'How a wife should undress' – St. Clair, on the other hand, demonstrates "how wives should undress in front of their husbands."
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The "unpardonable sin" of "working on two sides at once" is demonstrated by Fonzlau.
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'How a wife should undress' – The "unpardonable sin" of "working on two sides at once" is demonstrated by Fonzlau.
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St. Clair demonstrates a correct method of undressing.
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'How a wife should undress' – St. Clair demonstrates a correct method of undressing.
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