The true story of seventy two banned books and one man's quest to find them. The Hard-Boiled, Soft-Core Books Banned by the Government in the 1950s. The true story of a Pornographer, a Mobster, a Pin up King and the artists and models they employed. From the gutters of Times Square to the Supreme Court. Books and Illustrations unseen for fifty years with text by Jim Linderman
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Why the Senate was interested in Irving Klaw Times Square Smut
Irving Klaw poses Bettie Page in one of his lesser known images. Klaw would fill "special requests" at his studio, and allow the paying customer to watch the photo session take place. It is estimated after the Senate (and other organizations) stopped his mail-order business, Klaw burned up to 80 percent of the original negatives.