Naughty Victorians & Edwardians - Early Images Of Bathing Beauties

Informationen zum Autor Mary Martin is owner of Mary Martin Postcards, a three-generation family business and the largest postcard operation in the world. Ashley Rooney has written several books including Greetings from Cambridge, Massachusetts and Boston: Past and Present. She lives in Massachusetts. Klappentext Most are modest, some dare to smoke and strike suggestive poses. Others go so far as to expose an inch of flesh as they coyly wring seawater from their swim dresses. Enjoy over 100 hand-tinted postcard images, snapped at the turn of the 20th Century. It was an era when women may have been clothed from head to toe, but they were women nonetheless. Dressed in the period's best beach fashions, bold Victorians flirt with the camera, creating charming and beguiling images. Zusammenfassung Most are modest! some dare smoke and strike suggestive poses. Others go so far as to expose an inch of flesh as they coyly wring seawater from their swim dresses. Enjoy over 100 hand-tinted postcards taken during an era when women may have been clothed from head to toe! but they were women nonetheless. Dressed in the latest beach fashions! bold Victorians flirt with the camera! creating charming and beguiling images..

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• Autori: Mary L Martin, Mary L. Martin, Mary L. (EDT)/ Skinner Martin, Mary L. Martin, Tina Skinner
• Editore: Schiffer Publishing
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 04.12.2004
• EAN: 9780764321153
• ISBN: 978-0-7643-2115-3
• Pagine: 96
• Dimensioni: 159 mm x 159 mm x 13 mm
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Hobby, casa > Collezionismo, cataloghi per collezionisti; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte