1920s Erotic Nude Flapper Girl Proof Photograph For Exhibit Mutoscope Card Rare

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1920s Erotic Nude Flapper Girl Proof Photograph For Exhibit Mutoscope Card Rare:
$199.50

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An original proof photograph that measures a complete 8\" by 10\"This is a lovely old document as seen an original gelatin silver photograph on a double weight paper - a unique singular document. Grapefruit Moon Gallery just purchased an extensive collection of erotic 1920s gelatin silver photographs that were used by the Exhibit Supply Company of Chicago Illinois in the creation and manufacture of Arcade / Mutoscope Cards which were dispensed in coin operated arcade machines during the early 20th century. These photographs were created by top photographers of the era some are marked \"Alta Studios\" while the majority are unidentified. These photographs were posed and shot for the specific purpose of creating vending machine cards, the images are daring for the day and pushing the societal envelope to be sure--these reflected popular culture tastes and perhaps created it in many regards. The cards were given flirty jazz-age titles that were often times double-entendre based and the arcade cards were collected and circulated as trading cards. There were many genres - sports stars, movie stars, and of course, bathing beauties, burlesque performers and pin-up girls. These original unique proof photographs are incredible as you will see - we are excited about these to say the least.

Verso has title and notations for The Exhibit Supply Company card manufacture

The image was cropped tight for the card proportions as seen in cropped scan below

CONDITION: In very good condition not better, shows an indentation from a paperclip in the surface some scratching and general wear all as seen in scans with handling wear, and scattered soiling from the laborious card making process