Around 1930 in Europe postcards where being created in huge quantities. Biederer Studio was one creator producing postcards and other sized photographs in a wide range from purely pornographic to purely cheesecake. This is an upskirt photo that is postcard size but without the postcard back.

Around 1930 in America women inspired by Amelia Earhart were wearing leather jackets styled after flying jackets. This is a photograph of a young woman wearing an aviatrix costume. The cap makes her look like an actual pilot but this may have more a costume for her.

This is the second grouping of it’s winter and let’s remember summer photos. This grouping is made up of photos that appear to be from the late 1930s (the first in the grouping) to the late 1940s or very early 1950s. The last two photos are part of a strip set. The prints for these photos are various sizes, all less than 4×5 inches if memory serves me (the originals are packed away in storage). The two women on the beach is amongst my favorites.

Since winter has begun here, I thought it might be nice to remember summer with a medley of outdoor nudes. These photographs were taken between the late 1930s and late 1950s. Most are 4×5 inch prints (part 2 will include photos that were not 4×5 inch prints). All but the last two photos in this grouping are known to be parts of strip set series of photos and are from the 1950s.

Patterned gauze was used as a prop and/or covering in a number of photographs taken in the late 1920s to just before the war. Studio Manasse in Europe used it effectively. I have three photographs with models draped in patterned gauze. Two photos were taken in the late 1920s to early 1930s by DeMirjian Studio in the United States. A third photograph appears to be later and I believe was also taken in North America. The three prints are 4×5 inches in size.

This is just a quick sampler. While the majority of vintage photographic prints that I own are 4×5 inch in size, I have a few 8×10 prints. Here are two. The more recent is a female model with cat in front of a fireplace with a Frederick’s of Hollywood catalog. I believe the photograph was taken in the late 1950s, possibly early 1960s. On the back of the print the model is named, Ann King. This is possibly the actress who appeared in movies and TV shows from the late 1950s into the late 1960s.

The second photograph is older, a model in an usherette or chorus girl costume from the 1930s. The costume brings to mind some of Charles Guyette’s early photographs where the model sometimes wears a costume (for example, the ponygirl series of photos). The side of this print was punched to go into binder.