French postcard
A French postcard is a small, [Note 1] postcard-sized piece of cardstock featuring a photograph of a nude or semi-nude woman. Such erotic cards were produced in great volume, primarily in France, in the late 19th and early 20th century. The term was adopted in the USA, where such cards were not legally made. The cards were sold as postcards, but the primary purpose was not for sending by mail, as they would have been banned from delivery. French street vendors, tobacco shops and a variety of other vendors bought the photographs for resale to tourists.
French postcard images
A number of photographers and studios produced French postcards, with some of them featuring particularly popular models.
- 'French postacrds'
Model:Fernande
by Jean Agélou
Model: Alice Prin
Aka Kiki de Montparnasse
by Julian Mandel
pseudo-classical scene
with kithara
Gulf of Naples with Mt. Vesuvius on left
Photo by Alexandre Jacques Chantron
"Formato Gabinetto"
by Pantano, Naples
Zoro Garden Nudist Colony
San Diego, California
E. Le Delay
"Five nude women in dance"
"Postcard of French woman", non-nude
in style of French postcards
Postcard, Seated woman with a bust, 1920s
Postcard, Couple, 1880s
Julian Mandel: Marionnette à fils
Orientalist images
Many photographers and studios specialized in images with an Orientalist theme.
- 'French postacrds'
Adia
Algerian Moorish girls
Aqua-Photo L.V.S.
Moroccan slave serving her master
Arabian girl
Photograph by Behar
J. Boussuge
Moroccan slave from Casablanca
Combier (CIM)
"The siesta"
by Compagnie des Arts Photomécaniques
P. Cousin et Cie
"Bedouin"
Roger-Viollet/Alinari
Two prostitutes in an Algerian brothel
Ephtimios
Egyptian girl at the fountain
Fhal
Young Moorish girl
Marcellin Flandrin
Young naked Berber people
J. Garrigues
Young Bedouin girl
Jean Gieser
Young Bedouin girl
Collection idéale PS
"Moorish"
Rudolf Franz Lehnert & Ernst Heinrich Landrock
"Oriental Type - slave"
Levy & Fils
"Moorish"
Rodolphe Neuer
Frères Neurdein
Young Algerian woman
Regence (photography)
"Beautiful Zinah" - Algiers
Société Industrielle de Photographie (S.I.P.)
Young Arab girl
Raphael Tuck & Sons
Egyptian beauty
F. Viala
"Young woman at Moroccan massage"
Pseudo-Oriental theme
Jean Agélou
Model: Fernande
Notes
- ↑ 40 mm × 89 mm (3.5 in × 5.5 in)
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