#peep shows

[chaptertwo-thepacnw]

1980s

[yearningforunity]

Black Jack Exotic Book Store on 42nd Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenue features the “latest and greatest.” These stores were rampant in the 1970s.

Ph: Andreas Feininger / Maggie Hop

[thepastisalreadywritten]

A book from the 19th century creating the impression of three-Dimensionality and spatial distance. 📖

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These are called Tunnel Books, which date all the way back to the mid-18th century, when they were originally called “peep shows.”

The concept was inspired by theatrical stage sets. Have you ever seen a live play with movable set pieces? If so, you may understand how they inspired tunnel books.

Where did the name “tunnel book” come from? Many of these types of books were created to celebrate the building of the tunnel under the Thames River in London in the mid-19th century. The name may have come from this.

Throughout history, tunnel books have often been used to commemorate certain events. They’ve also often been sold as souvenirs at tourist attractions.

[sofondabooks]

Neighbourhood Watch by Cecilia1204, 3/3 chapters, modern AU

https://archiveofourown.org/works/21145706/chapters/50325233

Awkward and lonely Ben Solo’s life changes when a beautiful girl moves in the building across from his and gives him nightly views to remember . 🔥🔥🔥

You guys this was delicious 😊

[travsd]

For World Sight Day: On the History of Peep Shows

Don’t get all excited! I never said or implied I was referring to pornographic or live sex peep shows, did I? They’re a sub-set of what I’m talking about, but by now you should know better than to come HERE for a cheap thrill! Anyway, World Sight Day is ostensibly about eye care — a most commendable cause. Yet watch me bend the very light to my own diaboliical ends to talk about yet another…

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[micky-gee]

[darthemed]

The New York Ripper, a.k.a., Psycho Ripper, a.k.a., The Ripper, a.k.a., Manhattan Ripper (1982)

[collectorsweekly]

19th-Century Peepshows Offer 3D Glimpses of the Past