I couldn't pass this one by...well, my old home town for a start...
You've said everything I was going to say, jet beads, good healthy bustle you could carry the shopping home on, and that ridiculous bit up her back....
One thing you haven't picked up on... the absolute sadness in the picture.
To prove they could read, a book was often used as a prop. This lady has a photograph album.
Has someone recently died, someone very close to her?
Oh, and here's another colour version....
