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Maria Vinent was a popular soprano singer who was born into an aristocratic Cuban family. She toured Europe and was photographed in costume in a number of images that appeared on postcards of the period.
Available information lists her as having been born in 1898 and passing away in 1988. At first we thought, 'This must be another Maria Vinent,' since that birth date would put her at about five years old when this postcard was mailed, but after closely comparing details of facial feature in a number of different photo portraits we are pretty certain this is the same Cuban singer. It is likely then, that at some point she went on record as being ten years, or so, younger than she actually was, and that she was, perhaps, 16 when this photo was taken.
This is perfectly plausible, both the "fudging" on her age (a very common practice at the time), and that she would have been performing professionally at 16, or even for that matter, 14, also a common practice. This would put her at close to 100 years old when she passed away in Miami, as a respected member of the Cuban exile community. Again, why not? It is a ripe old age, but not really all that unusual.
This card appears to have been autographed. Always a treat! On looking closely at our crop of the signature however, we need to point out the following to our customers. Fountain pens so often produce an inconsistent tone (lines that gradate from semi-transparent to opaque) that when we find a signature whose tone is as solidly black as this one, and with no evident ink pooling in places where we often find it, we are less certain of this autograph than some.
That being said, a really lovely image.
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
Postage is for first class shipping in a secure photo mailer, and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of sudden increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more.
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