People who purchased nude, pinup and fetish photographs sometimes just dumped the pictures in a shoe or cigar box. Others organized photos in albums. This postcard was mounted on a piece of black cardboard and bands from cigars have been pasted to provide a title and a little more with the reference as to price. The postcard is from circa 1920.
Over the years a number of photographs, nude and non-nude, have remained favorites. Here are a few. The prints are all 4×5 inches and they seem to come from strip series of photographs.
I have several four-up prints of John Willie photographs–four 4×5 inch prints on a single 8×10 sheet which were meant to be cut apart. I also have several strip set four-up prints. Strip sets normally were sold in sets of 12 in the 1950s when these photographs were shot. The 12 photographs would be printed on three four-up sheets. I am posting images of the four-up sheets and selected images from those sheets.
Every now and again photographs appear on eBay that immediately catch my eye. I was able to purchase most of the photographs in this strip set with an engaging model wearing a top hat and gloves. The prints are 4×5 inches and date from the 1950s.
Every now and again I purchase vintage photos that have the added bonus of the model’s name written on the back. These photographs are from a strip set series of 12 taken in the 1950s. The model is Shirley Kilpatrick who also was an actress. Her main movie credit is the lead in The Astounding She Monster. The prints are 4×5 inches which was typical for 1950s strip sets.
