I have a spot in our home where I keep a revolving collection of photographs in frames up on the wall. There are other photographs up in the house, but this spot is where I change the photos frequently, depending on my mood (and sometimes on what visitors we’re expecting).

I scanned the current group, except for two Guyettes.

The photographs appear to date from about 1930 to 1960 and are pinups mostly and all are approximately 4×5 inch prints except for the 1950s pinup which is an 8×10 inch print.

The earliest photograph is by DeMirjian of New York and dates around 1930. The model is draped with patterned gauze.

The upskirt photograph appears to be from the late 1930s.

I’m not aware of Klaw having a YA series of prints. I believe this is from the 1940s.

The woman lounging in a wingback chair appears to have been photographed around 1950.

The largest print on the wall is an 8×10 photograph that I believe was taken in the 1950s. I have several prints of this model and it appears that the photographer was a member of a camera club on an outing.

The model with the shoes was photographed around 1960. I love those shoes!

There are some common elements to the photographs I have up on the wall. Most of the photographs are of dark-haired women. The images work well when closely grouped with others and when viewed from a distance. I tend to like photographs that have associations — the patterned gauze photograph reminds me of some photos I love by Studio Manasse shot a few years later in Vienna. And I tend to like photographs that seem to be a moment within a larger narrative.

I sometimes put up nude photos. A favorite which I am not posting was taken in the 1940s by an amateur photographer of his wife. I have a group of his photos and in another part of the house I have an 8×10 studio-style portrait of his wife up on the wall. This nude is a 5×7 inch print.