Those 3D stereoscopes so beloved by the late Victorians were loaded with humor and sex. It wasn’t all landscapes and objects d’art. Below is a set of courtship stereoscope cards dating from 1875 to 1907. The images are racy, bawdy, lewd and charming.
1906
1904 – The mailman collecting postage due.
1904 – The milkman’s reward for good measure
1906
1904
1900
1900
1897
1889 – Retouching portraits
1906
1906
1906 – Guess Who
1906 Sovereigns of love’s domain.
1906
1906 A glance through the news.
1906
1906 – At the hour of midnight.
1907
1903
1902
1906
1875
1906
1906
1906
1907 “The best I can do at present”
“What are you doing Maggie, I said to scallop the oysters” “That’s what I’m doin Ma’am”
Created / Published
c1905.
1902 – Holds her fingers and draws her down
1904 – The elopement – a hasty descent
1899 – Last in bed put out the light
Via: Library of Congress
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