Antique Porn Photos

Over 100 years later, we catalog some of these images on our antique porn pics page for enthusiasts to witness their historical significance.

The images on this page span the sepia photography era to the jazz period of the early 1920s. Picture quality is as grainy as you'd expect for images shot with the rudimentary "Kodak No. 2 Brownie" box cameras using roll film.

In 1839, Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre of France presented the first practical process of photography. Artists adopted the new technology as a new way to depict the nudes and later even sex acts. Stereoscopy was invented in 1838 and became extremely popular for daguerreotypes (early photographs produced on a silver or a silver-covered copper plate), including the pornographic images.

Although vintage porn was not openly encouraged at the time, thousands of adult images were taken during the Edwardian and Victorian eras opening up the industry to great possibilities as we know it today.

These images inspired a whole century of adult photography, and the themes they cover are a testament to that.

The photos are black and white and don't feature beautiful scenery. The actions are essential, ranging from cock sucking, missionary sex, outdoor fucking, orgies, and lesbian action, among others.