Prostitute advertising cards, circa 1991-2006.
Collection Number: 7743
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Prostitute advertising cards, circa 1991-2006.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
7743
Abstract:
>900 different prostitutes' trade cards, plus some duplicates, produced primarily
as advertisements to be posted inside traditional red London phone booths (on the
glass itself or inserted between the glass and frame), from which these were regularly
retrieved by Timothy d'Arch Smith and his godson Matthew Ayres from 1991-2006, almost
entirely in the Baker Street/Paddington area and in Earls Court.
Creator:
Ayres, Matthew
Quanitities:
.3 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
900 different prostitutes' trade cards, plus some duplicates, produced primarily as
advertisements to be posted inside traditional red London phone booths (on the glass
itself or inserted between the glass and frame), from which these were regularly retrieved
by Timothy d'Arch Smith and his godson Matthew Ayres from 1991-2006, almost entirely
in the Baker Street/Paddington area and in Earls Court. Ranging from visiting card
to postcard size, they were printed on paper or card stocks (mostly colored card stocks)
in a variety of typefaces, although many others were handwritten. Almost all of the
cards are illustrated, some with photographs, most with drawings. The majority promote
the services of women, with a handful representing male transvestites or transsexuals.
In many cases, special services are mentioned (and illustrated), e. g., dungeons,
bondage, spanking, caning, as well as other special features (ethnicity, bust size,
age, etc.).
Collection program: Human Sexuality Collection.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Prostitute advertising cards, #7743. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections,
Cornell University Library.
Subjects:
Prostitutes -- United Kingdom -- London.
Form and Genre Terms:
Trade cards, advertising.
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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Folders Organized by Category
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Transvestite, Transgender
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Exotic/Special Services
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Schoolgirls/Teens
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Blondes
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Busty
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| Box 1 |
Uniforms
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General I
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General II
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| Box 1 |
Homemade
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| Box 1 |
Massage
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| Box 1 |
Bondage/Domination/Submission II
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| Box 1 |
Ethnic/Race/Nationality
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| Box 1 |
Spanking/Caning
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