Historical Indulgences

c. 1850, [portrait of a woman wrapped in veil leaning on a balustrade]

via I Photo Central

ca. 1847-53, [daguerreotype portrait of two women]

via the J. Paul Getty Museum

ca. 1855, [daguerreotype of erotic scene in a hayloft], attributed to Felix Jacques Antoine Moulin

via Luminous Lint, Private collection of W. & T. Bosshard, Courtesy of Carl Mautz Vintage Photography & Publishing

ca. 1850’s, [portrait of a woman]

via the Nederlands Fotomuseum, Daguerreobase

ca. 1850’s, [portrait of two women]

via the Nederlands Fotomuseum, Daguerreobase

ca. 1890-1910, [gentleman in costume embracing a mannequin], François Brunery

via the Musée d’Orsay, Photographic Collections

ca. 1890, [portrait of two gentlemen entangled]

via Not on Your Tintype: Collection of American Tintypes, Vol. 1, Andrew Daneman

ca. 1890’s, [portrait of a couple]

via Not on Your Tintype: Collection of American Tintypes, Vol. 1, Andrew Daneman

ca. 1885, [gentleman spanking a lady]

via the Phantom Patrol Blogspot

ca. 1900’s, [two ladies spanking another]

via the Retro Porn Archive

ca. 1890, [couple in bed]

via the Retro Porn Archives

ca. 1880’s, [young prostitute]

via Heritage Auctions

ca. 1900, “Noir d’ere-a la tienne”, Morgan & Morgan

via the New York Public Library Digital Gallery, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building/George Arents Collection

ca. 1906, “An Unexpected Meeting of the Board”

via the Library of Congress, Stereographic Card Collection

ca. 1909, [Marie Dressler wearing lamp shade style hat on her head]

via the Library of Congress