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During WWI, the US army discharged thousands of men because they had picked up VD. As a matter of national security, throughout WW2 the military started distributing condoms, aggressively marketing prophylactics, & warning the troops about ‘loose women’.
From “Decretum Gratiani”, (Italy, 1340-1345. Lyon, BM, Ms 5128, fol 100)
La Vie Parisienne (the Parisian life) was a French weekly magazine that ran from 1863-1970. By 1900 it had evolved into a mildly risqué publication. During WWI, General Pershing personally warned American servicemen against purchasing the magazine while stationed in France.
Clasina Maria ‘Sien’ Hoornik (1850–1904) was a sex worker & muse to Vincent Van Gogh in the 1880s. In 1883, she told Van Gogh “what the bad moods are is still more desperate - it's bound to end up with me jumping into the water”. In 1904, Sien drowned herself in the Schelde river
‘Witches going to their Sabbath’ (1878), by Luis Ricardo Falero
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Hilda at Halloween. Hilda was the pinup creation of Duane B. "Dick" Bryers (1911—2012), and featured in calendars from 1950-80s.
Images from ‘La Vie Parisienne’, a French erotic magazine that was founded in 1863.