I have always been intrigued by the pinup women of the past. I've been researching African American pinup models from the 30-50's and many of the pictures are quite stereotypical and offensive. This picture below is from the 1930's. Its a sexy picture of a black woman however she's dressed up like a mammy and is sitting on a big bag of flour! Come on...
I did however, run across a picture of young ladies in 1944 who called themselves the "pinup girls". To me this is more like it.
Could you please tell me where you found the Mammy illustration? Its by a contemporary African-American artist that lives in the south. Its not vintage. Her name escapes me!
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