French postcard
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
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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.
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French postcard images
A number of photographers and studios produced French postcards, with some of them featuring particularly popular models.
Orientalist images
Many photographers and studios specialized in images with an Orientalist theme.
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
Further reading
- French Postcards: An Album of Vintage Erotica, Martin Stevens. Universe Books/Rizzoli, 2007
- P. Hammond French undressing: naughty postcards from 1900 to 1920. London: Jupiter, 1976.
- W. Oulette, B. Jones Erotic postcards. New York: Excalibur, 1977.
See also
- Postcard
- 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.
