Eggheads (5)
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August 1, 2010
Condom holders crafted by ceramicist LaGardo Tackett — sold through Playboy and Esquire in the late ’50s. (Now semi-valuable collectibles.) Why were eggheads so often associated with sex at midcentury?
Fifth in a series of ten posts.
Perhaps the shape relates to the idea of fertility? Great photo, it’s nice to see all of these in one place.
The cult of Freud, probably.