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 +'''Evelyn Nesbit''' (born '''Florence Evelyn Nesbit'''; December 25, 1884 or 1885 – January 17, 1967) was an American [[model (person)|artists' model]], [[chorus girl]], and actress. She is best known for her years as a young woman in New York City, particularly her involvement in a deadly love triangle between railroad scion [[Harry Kendall Thaw]] and architect [[Stanford White]], which resulted in White's murder by Thaw in 1906.
-A '''French postcard''' is a small, [[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 United States, 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. The cards sometimes even depicted naked lesbians. French street vendors, tobacco shops and a variety of other vendors bought the photographs for resale to tourists.+In her day, Nesbit was a famous [[model (person)|fashion model]], being frequently photographed for mass circulation newspapers, magazine advertisements, souvenir items, and calendars. When in her early teens, she had begun working as an artist's model in [[Philadelphia]]. Nesbit continued after her family moved to New York, posing for legitimate artists including [[James Carroll Beckwith]], [[Frederick S. Church]], and notably [[Charles Dana Gibson]], who idealized her as a "[[Gibson Girl]]". She was an artists' and fashion model when both [[fashion photography]] (as an advertising medium) and the [[pin-up]] (as an art genre) were beginning to expand.
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-==French postcard images==+
-A number of photographers and studios produced French postcards, with some of them featuring particularly popular models.+
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-===Orientalist images===+
-Many photographers and studios specialized in images with an [[Orientalism|Orientalist]] theme.+
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-==Pages linking in as of Jan 2022==+
-[[Boudoir photography]], [[Count Jim Moriarty]], [[Erotic photography]], [[Erotica]], [[Evelyn Nesbit]], [[Fernande Barrey]], [[French Postcards]], [[Glamour photography]], [[History of erotic depictions]], [[Jean Agélou]], [[Julien Mandel]], [[Mary Willumsen]], [[Mrs Henderson Presents]], [[Postcard]], [[Sex in advertising]], [[Softcore pornography]], [[Woman Is the Future of Man]]+
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-==Further reading==+
-* ''French Postcards: An Album of Vintage Erotica'', Martin Stevens. [[RCS MediaGroup|Universe Books/Rizzoli]], 2007, {{ISBN|978-0789315342}}+
-* P. Hammond ''French undressing: naughty postcards from 1900 to 1920''. London: Jupiter, 1976.+
-* W. Oulette, B. Jones ''Erotic postcards''. New York: Excalibur, 1977.+
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-==See also==+
-:''[[postcard]]s, [[French erotica]], [[striptease in France]], [[erotic postcard]]''+
-*''[[French Undressing - Naughty Postcards from 1900 to 1920]]'' (1976) is a book by English writer [[Paul Hammond]] first published by Jupiter Books Limited London. +
 +Nesbit entered theater, first as a chorus line dancer. She was offered a contract as a featured star, and attracted attention from a variety of wealthy men, including Stanford White, nearly three times her age. In 1905, Nesbit married Harry Thaw, a multi-millionaire with a history of mental instability and abusive behavior. The next year, on June 25, 1906, Thaw shot and killed White at the rooftop theatre of [[Madison Square Garden (1890)|Madison Square Garden]].
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Evelyn Nesbit (born Florence Evelyn Nesbit; December 25, 1884 or 1885 – January 17, 1967) was an American artists' model, chorus girl, and actress. She is best known for her years as a young woman in New York City, particularly her involvement in a deadly love triangle between railroad scion Harry Kendall Thaw and architect Stanford White, which resulted in White's murder by Thaw in 1906.

In her day, Nesbit was a famous fashion model, being frequently photographed for mass circulation newspapers, magazine advertisements, souvenir items, and calendars. When in her early teens, she had begun working as an artist's model in Philadelphia. Nesbit continued after her family moved to New York, posing for legitimate artists including James Carroll Beckwith, Frederick S. Church, and notably Charles Dana Gibson, who idealized her as a "Gibson Girl". She was an artists' and fashion model when both fashion photography (as an advertising medium) and the pin-up (as an art genre) were beginning to expand.

Nesbit entered theater, first as a chorus line dancer. She was offered a contract as a featured star, and attracted attention from a variety of wealthy men, including Stanford White, nearly three times her age. In 1905, Nesbit married Harry Thaw, a multi-millionaire with a history of mental instability and abusive behavior. The next year, on June 25, 1906, Thaw shot and killed White at the rooftop theatre of Madison Square Garden.




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