It's easy to think sometimes that an obsession over bacon is a purely online phenomenon. But as this costume from 1894 proves, some people were bacon-crazy way before high-speed internet existed. Or dial-up internet. Or computers at all:

That picture is a scan from the out-of-print book "Bacon and Hams" by George J. Nicholls, published in 1917.  Flash forward 118 years, and the costumes may have changed a little, but the sentiment remains the same:

So who wore bacon better? This lovely lass or our retro fella from 1894?

With all due respect to the sexy lady, I'm with George J on this one. The hat adds a lot. 

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