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Originally Posted by Jim
While watching an old movie. Actually one I have never seen but always wanted to, (Citizen Kane). I started wondering...how did pornographers make their money back in the 20s - 40s. We have all seen the vintage pictures from the era but, were they just for personal use? Or, were people making money from them? And if they were making money, how?
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Even though it was looked down on at the time , many photos were sent to our GI's during WWI and WWII .
and pornos were called smokers because they were usually shown in smoke filled rooms , usually in the basements and back rooms of local businesses , hardware stores , butcher shops, barber shops etc etc .....
I have a DVD called history of the blue film it was interesting .
but yes it was mostly word of mouth .
most of the models were ethnic , italian , jewish , irish ,german.
because it was easier and cheaper to take photos of imigrants , because back then those groups were the new to usa groups, and there was no welfare back then .