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Risque Cards, Rare pieces, and the Comet as Seen by the World There were a group of slightly risque (for 1910) postcards produced with a comet theme. As expected they are a tough-to-find subcategory of Halley's Comet postcard collecting.

My favorite French set of 3 cards simply entitled "Before, During, & After"

A girl's school with girls in a state of undress	More girls in their undergarments

A page from the Nuremburg Chronicle, printed in 1493, and noting the appearance of a comet in 1457 that would later become known as Halley's Comet.	A closeup of the comet in the page

A small oil painting of the comet B. Brooks saw in October, 1882 from his room in Greenwich, Massachusetts.

A French 1835 aquatint of Halley's Comet.

A German engraving of the great comet of 1680 as printed in 1707

A German engraving of the great comet of 1680

Watching the Comet of 1857	Paris, 1683. Copper engraving showing sword shapes of comets, 21 x 14 cms, French text on back, from Mallet’s ‘Description de l’Univers’

A print showing Donati's comet of 1858

One of my favorite postcards - The comet over Russia.

There is a popular subgroup of postcards showing the comet over different cities.

The comet as it appeared over Marseilles France	The Comet over Gary, Indiana

The comet in Germany	A real photo card

The comet over Lookout Mountain	A great amusement park real photo

A Roman Punch