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Early 1900's French Hand Colored Real Photo Postcard "Pretty Women of Paris" #1!

Part of a fantastic collection of early 1900 hand colored photograph postcards. My original belief was that the collection represented opera performers (Operabilia) as I was able to identify a few of the young ladies. However, in attempting to research the identity of more of the beautiful women, I discovered the possibility that many of these may actually be pictures of the "pleasure women" (prostitutes) of Paris. The French brothels were quite elaborate with prostitution being an accepted and somewhat honorable profession! Having clients that included princes, artists, and even a future King of England, prostitutes ruled Paris from their bed chambers. There was even a directory published in 1883 that listed the names, addresses, and even the specialties of the city's most renown scarlet women! I strongly suspect that at least some of these colorful postcards include these women.

The card is in excellent postmarked condition. Please super size the listing images to see its condition in greater detail.
 

A Spectacular Early 1900's French Hand Colored Real Photo Postcard "Pretty Women of Paris"!

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