[Orientalism] Early 20th-cent. picture postcards
Album w. approx. 70 picture postcards, mainly half-naked women (series like "Harem" and "Scènes & Types d'Afrique du Nord") and teenage boys. All ca. 1900-1940.
*The "One Thousand and One Nights" image of sensuality and debauchery in the Orient created a persistent stereotype that was used for the tourist market, especially in photos and picture postcards like these.