Tag: transparencies

French postcards · 1920s

French vintage postcard (1920s)
French vintage postcard, 1920s | src eBay via Flickr

Sur la plage par Frères Lumière

Frères Lumière :: Sur la plage. A daring photograph for its time of a woman in a see-through dress on a beach. France, 1907-1915. | src Alamy
Frères Lumière :: Sur la plage. A daring photograph for its time of a woman in a see-through dress on a beach. France, 1907-1915. | src Alamy
Lumière Brothers :: Untitled early Autochrome of a woman in a silk dress standing on rocks. France, 1907-1915. | src liveauctioneers
Lumière Brothers :: Untitled early Autochrome of a woman in a silk dress standing on rocks. France, 1907-1915. | src liveauctioneers

Bea Egerváry von Manassé

Atelier Manassé ~ Flexible like a blade made of precious steel (The dancer Rea [sic] Egerváry)
Scherl’s Magazin, Band 5, Heft 12, Dezember 1929
Atelier Manassé ~ Biegsam wie eine Klinge aus edlem Stahl (Die Tänzerin Bea Egerváry)
Scherl’s Magazin, Band 5, Heft 12, Dezember 1929 [full page]

Mary Nash in Diaphanous Dress

Martha Wynn Richards :: Actress Mary Nash Modeling a Diaphanous Dress, 1923, Wynn Richards, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of and © Condé Nast – Vogue, January 1, 1923. | src J. Paul Getty Museum

Draped nude, 1920-1930

Harry Richardson Cremer :: Woman draped in sheer fabric, 1920-1930. Gelatin silver photograph attr. to H.R. Cremer. | src eBay

Kaloma, 1914

Kaloma, Pastime Novelty Company (PNC, PNCo.), 1914. Gelatin silver print. Unknown photographer. A nude woman, allegedly Josephine Earp, draped in a long, transparent veil. The veil covers her head and is draped to the ground. She is standing with both hands in front of her. | src The J. Paul Getty Museum
Kaloma, 1914. Toned silver print with hand-coloring. Photographer’s blind stamp, including title, copyright and date. | src Heritage Auctions

This portrait gained fame when it was rumored to be Josephine Sarah Marcus, Wyatt Earp’s third wife. A novelty company, The Pastime Novelty Company, in New York City, published the picture as a postcard, and Kaloma became widely popular as a pin-up during World War I.

Photogravure of a semi-nude woman published on the cover of I Married Wyatt Earp | src wikimedia

This photogravure (image above) of a semi-nude woman was published on the cover of I Married Wyatt Earp. Editor Glen Boyer insisted it was a picture of Josephine Earp from 1880 but the picture was actually copyrighted in 1914. The 1914 copyright is the earliest known version of the photograph. Circulated by the ABC Novelty Company in Brooklyn, New York, in 1914. It is labeled “Kaloma” underneath, and at the bottom right is printed, “© 1914-P.N.Co.”, which was the copyright of the Pastime Novelty Company.

Kaloma [semi-nude woman scantily clad in a see-through silk garment], 1914. Copyright: M.L. Pressler (Canada), 1914. The most famous photo of Sadie Earp (**) that does not depict her. | src eBay
(**) Josephine Sarah “Sadie” Earp (née Marcus; 1861 – 1944) third wife of Wyatt Earp.

Veiled nude maiden, 1920s

James Wallace Pondelicek :: Veiled nude maiden, 1920s. Signed on lower margin. | src eBay
James Wallace Pondelicek :: Veiled nude maiden, 1920s. Signed on lower margin. | src eBay

Untitled [Nymph], 1920s-1930s

Harry Richardson Cremer :: [Risque Nymph in a sheer shawl], 1920s-1930s.  This photograph is part of a collection of vintage silver gelatin images from the estate of Harry Richardson Cremer. | src eBay