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[Amateur Album Collection].
- Title
- [Amateur Album Collection].
- Format
- Mixed Materials
- Published
- early-mid 20th century.
- Description
- Approximately 220 photographs, ephemera albums (clippings from magazines, newspapers, reproductions of artworks, drawings, and other materials): various mediums; various dimensions.
- Notes
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Summary
- The Amateur Album Collection contains more than 220 photograph and ephemera albums, which were assembled by individuals for personal use. The content of the albums vary according to the interests of the people who compiled them. They include male bodybuilding photographs, portraits of female impersonators, personal photographs, and commercial erotic photographs. The Amateur Albums are primarily from the mid-20th century, but the Collection does include some examples from the early 20th century. Most of these albums contain photographs, but there are also clippings from magazines and newspapers, reproductions of artworks, drawings, and other materials.
- Kinsey subjects
- Photography. Body build. Physical fitness. Nudes in photographs. Female impersonation. Erotica. Art--erotica. Popular press.