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Aunt Sallie's Wonderful Bustle

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Aunt Sallie's Wonderful Bustle

1901

0h 1m

6.0(3 votes)

Comedy

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A sudden gust of wind sweeps Auntie's bonnet from her head, and she, in attempting to regain it, becomes overbalanced and falls over the stone-wall, landing on her bustle. (Edison film catalog)

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