26.00 USD
Wonderful, wonderful :) Image of a parade float for carnaval. So much to dream on, to examine and savor :) French RPPC from, we are just guessing here, circa 1905 (could be 1915, but feels more like '05 to us)
This is likely an amateur photo. We have fun imagining French children challenging Dorothy Gale of Kansas in a race to Oz (notice the French flag displayed proudly on the balloon?). Honestly, we looked, but could find no information giving us the date of the first French translation of Baum's classic, and are beginning to suspect that the Oz books weren't widely translated until the late 20s/early 30s.
Ballooning, of course, was huge in France (think Jules Verne), and one of our favorite photographers, Monsieur Nadar, was an avid balloonist, a pioneer of aerial photography, and, in fact, a friend of Jules Verne's!
The goggles these children wear also place this image securely in the realm of the whole "steam punk" area of collectibility.
The older girls wear costumes and flowers (also the length of hair) that suggest the early 1900s, but again, girls sometimes dressed this way into the 20s.
In any case, a wonderful, magical RPPC we're thrilled to share with you.
Please examine our high res scans for detail.
The item you are considering for purchase is, unless otherwise noted, a vintage postcard of approximately 5 and 1/2, by 3 and 1/2 inches. Postage is for fully insured, first class, shipping in a secure photo mailer (to avoid any damage to your purchase in the mails), 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 increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more. We do not charge for insurance or shipping materials, and as of the date of this listing are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.
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