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butterflypoo69 OP t1_j9l1q2s wrote

Before anyone comments - this is not a Photoshop! There were a long series of these ads in the 50s and 60s :)

It would potentially been harmful to a model's career to pose for something like this, at that time. Top-tier models were always advised against it.

This would have been meant to run in the "racier" magazines of the time, for example Cosmopolitan.

No idea of model or photographer - anyone?

I have sometimes dreamed that I am at the airport and can't find my passport, never anything like this though! :-O

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AudieHolland t1_j9l5n7m wrote

Jane Fonda, prior to starring Barbarella, was featured on a giant billboard mounted on a New York City skyscraper's wall. She was lying on her belly on a bed, mostly naked but without really showing any finer points.

Google Jane Fonda Circle of Love.

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And even in the 1940s, strip joints were popular enough around the general public that the Andrew Sisters did a memorable song about a stripper: 'strip polka'

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DavoTB t1_j9lhd7x wrote

The whole series in the 50’s and 60’s were unusual, sometimes depicted the model doing something unusual like working on a skyscraper or running a race….wearing a bra. Not sure what the reaction of the average woman from the era was, but it was a pleasant sight to the teenage boys back then…

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CarlSpencer t1_j9mv9mh wrote

I can STILL remember one from when I was a boy in the 1960s: the model is waiting for a commuter train. My little eyes almost popped out of my head.

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butterflypoo69 OP t1_j9mxydg wrote

These womyn did literally everything in their bras. They were fearless.

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sonicjesus t1_j9n4efz wrote

You're lucky you didn't get an eye poked out.

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