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Series V: Erotic advertising cards

Scope and Contents

Series V, Erotic advertising cards, includes loose paper cards advertising phone sex hotlines, adult establishments and the like. This material is extremely graphic. Photographer Andreas Feininger donated most of the items in Box 9 and 9A, including a dis-bound scrapbook of erotic advertisements. N-YHS staff collected some additional advertisement during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The material in box 10 was donated by the Schreyer family.

Erotic advertising cards, circa 1980's

Box: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Phone sex advertisement, circa 1980's

Box: 9A, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Scrapbook of erotic advertising cards (dis-bound), circa 1980's

Box: 9A, Folder: 2-4 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Articles on phone sex trade, 1989-1990

Box: 9A, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)

Erotic advertising cards and flyers, circa 1980's

Box: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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