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Showing posts with label 1930s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1930s. Show all posts

Saturday, February 23, 2019

Florence Cubitt - Queen of the Nudist Colony

Florence (''Tanya") Cubitt, 20, was a employe of the California Pacific International Exposition's Midway nudist colony. In 1936 she was crowned "Queen of the Nudist Colony" and went on a tour of the US  "to advance the cause of nudism."




Sunday, February 26, 2017

The Soviet Erotic Alphabet Picture Book , 1931

According to the web site bturn.com, these are scans from a book of erotic art from the Soviet Union published in 1931. Visit the web site to see all of the images.






Saturday, November 26, 2016

Nude Photography - 1930s

The models were French prostitutes of the 1930s. Click here to see more of this collection along with an interview with Alexandre Dupouy who had met the photographer shortly before his passing.

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Zoë Mozert - Pin-Up Artist

Zoë Mozert was one of the rare female pin-up artists of the Diesel Era (1920s - 1940s). Visit here to learn more about Zoë Mozert and other female pin-up artists from that era.

One of Zoë Mozert most beloved works


Zoë Mozert was a pin-up model before she became an artist



Zoë Mozert  with fellow pin-up artists Rolf Armstrong (left) and Earl Moran.


 

Saturday, April 9, 2016

The Seven Lady Godivas by Dr. Seuss


The Seven Lady Godivas: The True Facts Concerning History's Barest Family is a picture book of the tale of Lady Godiva, written and illustrated by Dr. Seuss. One of Seuss's few books written for adults, its original 1939 publication by Random House was a failure and was eventually remaindered. However, it later gained popularity as Seuss himself grew in fame, and was republished in 1987.

The book recounts in prose the tale of not one, but seven Godiva sisters, none of whom ever wear clothing. The explanation for their nakedness, even when walking in snow, is that "they were simply themselves and chose not to disguise it." The story opens with the sisters' father, Lord Godiva, deciding to leave for the Battle of Hastings on horseback. This upsets the sisters, as horses are wild and untamed animals. Sure enough, before Lord Godiva even manages to leave the castle walls, he is flung from his horse and killed. As a tribute to their father's fate, the Godiva sisters agree to never marry—despite the fact that each is courting one of seven brothers named Peeping—until they can warn their countrymen of the dangers of horses. The book then follows the sisters as they set out on individual quests for "horse truths", which turn out to be well-known sayings involving horses.
(Source: Wikipedia)