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15 100-Year-Old Photos That Prove Beauty is Timeless

Vintage post cards and erotica from the turn of the century.

Tod Perry
By Tod PerryApr 10, 2023
Tod Perry
Tod Perry is a freelance writer from Long Beach, California.
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A vintage post-card collector on Flickr who goes by the username Post Man has kindly allowed GOOD to share his wonderful collection of vintage postcards and erotica from the turn of the century.

This album is full of exquisite photographs of women from around the world dressed in beautiful clothing in exotic settings. In an era well before the internet, these photographs would be one of the only ways you could could see how people in other countries looked and dressed.

Take a look at PostMan’s gallery of over 90 vintage postcards on Flickr.


Article originally appeared on 09.19.17

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