A Victorian device for trying on shoes.

Walking around to test the shoes was almost impossible, but usually gathered a little crowd to cheer the lassie on.

I feel like this isn't real
- That whole period of history has to be made up
  
  No, I think they meant "this is most likely an AI hallucination, NOT something that actually existed."

Why oh why is no one concerned about the use of “and” here?
- If they used "or" wouldn't that imply that it only does one at a time?

Is this a new requirement from the US government for shoe stores or is this about history? I'm really unsure

So the woman can't see if the salesman is diddling himself while leering hungrily at her exposed ankle?

This is 100% way more reasonable that letting women put their own shoes.
/s just in case
- How could she put on her own shoes while wearing a corset? Besides, that’s the servants’ job.
  
  Good point. Also, found the time traveler.

This has generated significant interest and discussion, so I'm going to leave this up, but in the future, please submit only photographs and film on this comm.
- Got it!

Didn't the woman care about how the shoe looked on her? The device seems to also block the view for her.

I thought it was a tail, but then.... Is it a hat?
- I think that is an actual hood! It would basically be an old style cloth long cap, done extra long and then wrapped around the neck.
  
  Kinda reminds me of the matrix head tails from 3d pocahontas smurfs

Definitely wasn't inventing gloryholes and had to come up with an alternative explanation when the boss walked in. We've all been there.
- "Billingsley! What the devil are you doing with that contraption!?"
  oh this oh uehm it's for ahhh shoes! Feeet! Yess keeps the devil's thoughts at bay when this thing blocks the vision of anyone using it!! I was just facing toward it to check out the size and the wobbling was me testing the build quality ahh yes!
  "But where are your pants? And why does that need to involve your bloody cock and balls!??"
  ........