De Lach magazine and newspaper catalogue

465 items

De Lach' was a weekly magazine for men. The magazine appeared between 1924 and 1972. 'De Lach' contained, among other things, dirty jokes and cartoons and photos of scantily clad women, daring for the time. Due to the emergence of real sex magazines, which More

The magazine contained many photos of scantily clad female movie stars in bathing suits, bikinis, etc. For that time, especially in the early days, very daring. The magazine took its name from the many humorous pages with jokes and cartoons and also contained stories.

However, the interest of the readers was mainly focused on the ladies in bikinis. The magazine was for sale in newsstands and was at the hairdresser's (for example, people at home did not know what father was reading in it).
One cannot really speak of a sex magazine, it was covered eroticism. De Lach never posted "action photos" and the stories also had nothing porn-like.

The magazine was not allowed to appear during the war years, the reason is unclear. In the sixties, after the sexual revolution, De Lach had a hard time because other magazines appeared that showed much more. The real sex magazines arose (Chick, Candy, etc.) and the Panorama suddenly also contained nudes (where this had previously been a thoroughly decent family magazine). De Lach tried to join but was unable to cope. The last issue appeared in 1972.

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Number of magazines and newspapers

465

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Oldest item

De Lach [NLD] 1 (1924)