One Hundred Years Ago

[Rix Gins]

Dirty pictures have been around almost as long as photography, so it's a good bet that porno stereo prints were available if you knew where to look and how to ask for them.

Haha, that's right, Robert.  Nude stereoviews were readily available and the tasteful, artistic ones were predominantly supplied from France.  Not porn in the usual sense, just nudes that showed almost everything.  (Earlier ones were produced where the models would be covered in a skin tight, filmy garment of some type.)  But how to ask for them?  From what I remember, the biggest trade in stereoviews came from farming families who had no chance of traveling to far away countries, and steroview cards would take them there.  There were actual traveling salesmen from Underwood & Underwood Co. who would go to outlaying areas to sell the cards.  All types of subjects covered.  Tourist spots like the Sphinx and Pyramids, war (Civil War to WWI) ships, famous politicians (Abe Lincoln on) nature (waterfalls etc.) trains, disasters such as the Johnstown Flood, earthquakes (some great San Francisco 1906 ones with smoke rising in the distance) religious, humor, pretty much everything. And of course, the aforementioned nudes.  So now I'm picturing a crusty old farmer meeting the salesman out by the pump house where he nervously glances around before asking, "Say there young fella, have ya' got any of the good stuff?"         

[albrecht]

Haha, that's right, Robert.  Nude stereoviews were readily available and the tasteful, artistic ones were predominantly supplied from France.  Not porn in the usual sense, just nudes that showed almost everything.  (Earlier ones were produced where the models would be covered in a skin tight, filmy garment of some type.)  But how to ask for them?  From what I remember, the biggest trade in stereoviews came from farming families who had no chance of traveling to far away countries, and steroview cards would take them there.  There were actual traveling salesmen from Underwood & Underwood Co. who would go to outlaying areas to sell the cards.  All types of subjects covered.  Tourist spots like the Sphinx and Pyramids, war (Civil War to WWI) ships, famous politicians (Abe Lincoln on) nature (waterfalls etc.) trains, disasters such as the Johnstown Flood, earthquakes (some great San Francisco 1906 ones with smoke rising in the distance) religious, humor, pretty much everything. And of course, the aforementioned nudes.  So now I'm picturing a crusty old farmer meeting the salesman out by the pump house where he nervously glances around before asking, "Say there young fella, have ya' got any of the good stuff?"         

I wonder, not for porn, haha if one can print out old stereoviews and get them to work in my 'player' or if an artist could draw or paint them? Or is it also in the photograph itself? (I havent researched them, only just saw those old ones I got.)
Ps: I imagine it would be like buying any illicit item and sorta a two-way judging each other. Sorta like it was funny when some older relatives died, suddenly by an unspoken mutual agreement, drinking was now allowed at family events or running into a former teacher or someone at a bar. Or similar with weed, porn, or whatever 'vice.' Those old news items always hint at more lecherous activities in such a funny matter. There is nothing new under the sun, simply depending on time period and society how 'acceptable' it is.

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Haha, that's right, Robert.  Nude stereoviews were readily available and the tasteful, artistic ones were predominantly supplied from France.  Not porn in the usual sense, just nudes that showed almost everything.  (Earlier ones were produced where the models would be covered in a skin tight, filmy garment of some type.)  But how to ask for them?  From what I remember, the biggest trade in stereoviews came from farming families who had no chance of traveling to far away countries, and steroview cards would take them there.  There were actual traveling salesmen from Underwood & Underwood Co. who would go to outlaying areas to sell the cards.  All types of subjects covered.  Tourist spots like the Sphinx and Pyramids, war (Civil War to WWI) ships, famous politicians (Abe Lincoln on) nature (waterfalls etc.) trains, disasters such as the Johnstown Flood, earthquakes (some great San Francisco 1906 ones with smoke rising in the distance) religious, humor, pretty much everything. And of course, the aforementioned nudes.  So now I'm picturing a crusty old farmer meeting the salesman out by the pump house where he nervously glances around before asking, "Say there young fella, have ya' got any of the good stuff?"         

I've seen some of the old travelogue cards, and can only imagine how thrilling they must have been to people who probably rarely traveled more than a few miles from home, had no broadcast media, and limited access to books. As for the "good stuff" I'm guessing the sharp salesman made his money from the farmer's teenage sons after giving them a glimpse of "what the butler saw" when the old man wasn't looking.

[WhiteCrow]

MV has a no porn rule ..

Wondering if a French 1916 stereo-view  girlie pic would get you banned?

[GravitySucks]

MV has a no porn rule ..

Wonder if a French 1916 girlie pic would get you banned?

Just post a link to it.

[WhiteCrow]

Just post a link to it.

Go for it. 

[GravitySucks]

Go for it. 

LOL I thought you were asking if you could post one. I don't have any porn. Zip. None. Nada.

[WhiteCrow]

LOL I thought you were asking if you could post one. I don't have any porn. Zip. None. Nada.

Ok OK ... found these girle pics from 1916..
Very tame by today's standards. The one with the bird feathers in her hat is really a knock out.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/fe/23/3d/fe233da56eb672146757a1e2cb4b3ab5.jpg

[Robert Ghostwolf's Ghost]

Ok OK ... found these girle pics from 1916..
Very tame by today's standards. The one with the bird feathers in her hat is really a knock out.

She is indeed, with that come hither smile and those dimples to die for, but her apparent connection to the child could make it difficult to successfully woo her.  I'd take my chances with the one on the right, because she doesn't have a kid with her and she's flashing a little bit of clavicle. 

[Rix Gins]

Everett True, March 29, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Day Book, March 29, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

Some items from the March 29, 1916 Daily Bonanza.

[Rix Gins]

Coverage of the Peter Collins lecture that was delivered on the 28th at the Airdome.

[Walks_At_Night]

Everett True, March 29, 1916.

Oh baby.    That's a *good* one.    'Pig Path' 

I like that!

[albrecht]

Coverage of the Peter Collins lecture that was delivered on the 28th at the Airdome.

Time really doesn't change, but Peter Collins seems to have better manners in shutting down drunken disruptive socialists than a certain current candidate.

[gabrielle]

It's time for our update on the war.......

[gabrielle]

Here is a pic of von Tirpitz from Wikipedia.....according to this site, he "resigned" in 1916, though the newspaper article makes reference to him having been fired.

http://www.britannica.com/biography/Alfred-von-Tirpitz

[K_Dubb]

The Day Book, March 29, 1916.

Ha, that man making pea soup is hilarious.  And I'd always thought those "pot pies" with only a top crust were a modern innovation born of laziness, but here they are.

One gets the impression that Tonopah's saloons and pool halls were full of the kind of geological speculation these articles document so well.  The technical stuff goes over my head, but it's sure a fun read!

[gabrielle]

That Peter Collins lecture is a fascinating read.  I agree with Albrecht, the more things change the more they stay the same.  I really enjoyed reading how Collins dealt with his heckler.  I would have loved to have been in the audience.  The discussion about socialism seems just as relevant today.  It is also interesting that Collins asserted that all science was nursed by the Church.  I would love to hear a MITD show about that subject.

[Rix Gins]

Very glad that you and Albrecht made it through the lecture.  I would have liked to have gotten the print bigger, but the article was just too long.  The length of it was kind of unusual for the Bonanza.

It appears that Peter wrote some pamphlets on socialism circa 1918/19.  They were about 16 pages in length and most of them are no longer available. 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Peter-W-Collins/e/B00MYW9MD8

[K_Dubb]

A photo taken a hundred years ago showing the final touches being put on the Ballard Locks, one of Seattle's most ambitious projects undertaken to give the city a fresh-water port in Lake Union:

[gabrielle]

That is odd Rix....now I am going to have to find them!

Check out this link to information about General Petain of France.  He was the General in charge of the French troops at Verdun during this period in 1916.  He went from being a hero in 1916 to being sentenced death after World War Two. 

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/henri-philippe-petain

[K_Dubb]

From the Seattle Star today:

[Rix Gins]

That is odd Rix....now I am going to have to find them!

Check out this link to information about General Petain of France.  He was the General in charge of the French troops at Verdun during this period in 1916.  He went from being a hero in 1916 to being sentenced death after World War Two. 

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/henri-philippe-petain

Wow, that's a real reversal of fortunes for the General but I guess he had it coming.  Died at 96 though, so I'm betting he saw lots of the people that put him in prison go first.

Good luck on locating Mr. Collin's literary work.  I would have liked to be at that lecture too.  Walks liked Everett saying 'pig path' and I am the same with Peter saying 'merry ha ha'.  That particular description is going to stay with me.  lol 

[Rix Gins]

A photo taken a hundred years ago showing the final touches being put on the Ballard Locks, one of Seattle's most ambitious projects undertaken to give the city a fresh-water port in Lake Union:

Great comparison photos, K.  That building to the right is absolutely beautiful, nestled there in the trees like that.

[WhiteCrow]

That is odd Rix....now I am going to have to find them!

Check out this link to information about General Petain of France.  He was the General in charge of the French troops at Verdun during this period in 1916.  He went from being a hero in 1916 to being sentenced death after World War Two. 

http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/henri-philippe-petain

Petain's WWll Vichy regime had the highest percentage of countries deporting "undesirables" during Axis occupation.

Petain's willingness to send troops to be slaughter during WWI was lengendary. An extraneous factor with Belgium declaring neutrality  during  WWII phoney war and the unwillingness of French troops to continue fighting during Germany's 1st Ardennes Offensive

[Rix Gins]

Everett True, March 30, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

The Chicago Day Book for March 30, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

Tonopah's Daily Bonanza for March 30, 1916.

[Rix Gins]

A look at Ad Wolgast back in 1910.  Note how many rounds they boxed back then.

https://youtu.be/6IYDLHJKOy8