It contains a collection of French vintage spanking photographies from the early 20th century. It wasn't even expensive, so I bought it.
I'm not sure if those are already available on the web, so from time to time I'll scan a picture from the book and post it in good quality for you.
Let's start with this one!
Greetings
Tom
turns out I got the second edition from 1981
I look forward to seeing more.
Concerning the "Stern"-article, there is a nice little story about it, I'll tell it in the Message Board next year.
Till then, Merry Christmas!
Tom
1. The photo is not in Jeux De Dames Cruelles. I looked for it in my copy. The photo circulated in the early 1980's when included in a soft paper publication of vintage spanking photo's put together by NU West. Most of the NU West photo's where cropped. This is a much better photo.
2. The NU West publication was a low cost, low quality 81/2" X 11" booklet of about 50 1900's era photo's. In spite of its low quality it was a fascinating collection old photo's. I've only seen a few of the photo's on the internet.
3. I'm not entirely convinced that the photo posted here and the few circulating on the Net are of French origin. Or at least some in the NU West publication were not. I believe that most of the photographs were actually made in New York's broiling lower eastside. New York City in the early 1900's and particularly in the lower eastside was the center of America's fledgling movie industry and picture (now called magazines) newspapers. Supporting my theory, many appear to have been taken in a place where garments were made. The shotgun hanging hanging near the door in several photo's also suggests a tough enviorment. What could be more American than a shotgun on the ready. Perhaps the pictures found a safe haven in France from the puritanical beliefs that dominated outside tough areas like New York's Lower Eastside during the early 1900's.
3. Clearly whoever took those pictures was an amatuer. Or were these what we call "composites". Paste up's were commonly used in the manufacture of postcards.
Chross I'd be glad to send you a copy of the Booklet for comparison. Or maybe others who purchased or saw the NU West Booklet might want to comment on my supposition that they are "American Made". Can you believe that, jut like the song.