A history of English sexual morals / by Ivan Bloch ; translated by William H. Forstern.
- Iwan Bloch
- Date:
- 1936
Licence: In copyright
Credit: A history of English sexual morals / by Ivan Bloch ; translated by William H. Forstern. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![police, who discovered no fewer than 130,248 obsc e photographs and 5,000 plates, all of which were confiscat I. Hayler managed to escape punishment by leaving e country in time. He reappeared in Berlin for a time, tl a vanished for good. The worst of the photographs c«L fiscated by the police represented Hayler himself with 3 wife and two sons. The police also found a large number f letters proving that Hayler had done a world-wide trade 1 obscene pictures. Remo records a most peculiar instance of the use ? obscene photographs at the fashionable London brothe The reception-room looked like the studio of a phot grapher, the walls being covered with photograpl Naturally, the photographs represented not old gentlem/ and old maids, but pretty young ladies, including mar who could sometimes be encountered in the best soci circles. Each photograph was marked with a number, an the visitor could make his choice among them. At fixed hour the procuress who owned the brothel coul guarantee to bring the chosen lady to the premises. Th arrangement is reminiscent of what used to be the custor at Dutch brothels. [660]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/B20442464_0690.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
