My collecting focuses on photographs taken after 1930 in the United States. Earlier photographs taken on the east and west coasts have a special quality in that many were taken outdoors. Many of these photographs of female models follow tropes found in art. These photographs were not reproduced in vast quantities like the female nude photographs taken in the 1950s.

Outdoor nude postcards, New York, circa 1920. I wish I knew more about AAB Company and the creators of their postcards. Similar style photographs were produced in California by Alta Studios.

Arts Beautiful magazine, 1920s. This is packed away and all I have readily available is the scan of the cover and one interior page. The cover is possibly an Alta Studios photograph. The interior photograph is Alta Studios of California.

Mack Sennett postcards, Los Angeles, circa 1917. Sennett is an important early film maker. I am not sure if she is one of his bathing beauties from his popular film shorts or if this scene and actress is associated with one of his feature films.