Connoisseur Series

Tee Tee Red, No. 24
Phoebe Publishers
New York, New York
1959

digital replica

Damsels in Distress
Connoisseur Series C – 16
Selbee Associates, Inc.
New York, New York
ca. 1962

digital replica

Tee Tee Red, No. 24

It is impossible to find a copy of this magazine anywhere. You might see the cover, but the contents are only available through one website.

The cover proclaims, “America's Most Beautiful Redhead,” and it would be foolish to dispute that assertion. The full-page photos of Tee Tee provide convincing evidence that this entertainer has every asset a woman needs to be a beguiling model or an onstage object of desire.

The 32-page booklet has no words to describe its subject. She smiles at the camera, aware of her appeal, posing her fascinating instrument to entice.

In some pictures, she's topless, a daring feature for 1959. She poses against furs. In nylons, garters and heels. In lacy bra, panties, garter belt, long gloves, and platforms, a cigarette holder between graceful fingers. In a flowery bikini. In a dress. Two photos show her in a corset.

Although the photography is good, print shop work cut off some pictures at the bottom, excising parts of shoes. Except for the centerfold, every page has one picture of her nibs that bleeds at the edges.

The ebook contains all content of the booklet, including color covers, in the original page sequence. A small amount of walls and floors was cropped out.

Brightness, contrast and levels were adjusted, shadows reduced and many specks re-touched. The professional photography transposed to ebook format with clarity.

All new scans.

Damsels in Distress, C – 16

The booklet has two parts.

Damsels in Distress

In the same way that Spanking Nurse doesn't show much spanking and High Heels magazines don't always show models in high heels (or even shoes), Damsels in Distress doesn't involve much distress. And the model on the cover doesn't appear within.

Two models enter a gritty alley and encounter a trunk. In it, they find corsets, nylons, bras, high-heeled pumps and high-heeled ankle boots. They help each other dress up in the fetish attire they've found.

Probably because the alley had no electrical outlets, illumination of the scene was by flash bulbs. The lighting is poor, yielding unattractive contrast, highlights and shadows. Image editing improved on the original but the photographs of Damsels in Distress do not satisfy.

Bizarre Beauties

This segment displays the charms of well-known models Tana Louise, Bettie Page, Laura Vickers, Hope Diamond and others. Photographed indoors, pretty posers show their curves in boots and high heels, full-fashioned nylons, corsets, gloves and dresses.

The ebook contains all the content of the original. Page sequence was revised to obtain costume continuity.

Brightness, contrast and levels were adjusted, shadows reduced and many specks re-touched. Image editing improved the Damsels in Distress section, but picture quality is only fair. The professional photography of Bizarre Beauties transposed to ebook format with clarity.

All new scans. About 50 pages.

Two ebooks, delivered by download from your 30th Street Graphics account.