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Spanish Dancer Rosario Guerrero, Hand-Tinted Card, Posted to Oran Algeria, 1905 by redpoulaine

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According to the memoirs of Fitroy Gardiner, old vaudevillian and friend of Spanish dancer and pantomimist Rosario Guerrero, she "started her stage career in a rough cabaret in Seville when she was selling oranges on the marketplace."
Soon though, because of her great beauty and skill, she became the toast of all Europe, rivaling even La Belle Otero in popularity.
She didn't believe in real estate investments, or keeping her money in banks, but felt it was most secure when worn on her person, in the form of precious stones and metals.
She was known to wear jewelry on her person that today would be valued at two and a half million dollars!.
She wasn't always liquid, though. Precious gems or not, Florenz Ziegfeld of New York once had sherif'f's deputies seize trunks full of her costumes and jewelry in lieu of drafts drawn on Paris banks which apparently mimicked rubber in their quality of bounciness!

For a wealth of biographical information, scandal and gossip, please visit rosarioguerrerospanishdancer.com.

Beautifully hand-colored portrait by Leopold Reutlinger. Card is in somewhat worn condition.
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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where we post biographical and historical tidbits, images of cards and photographs for sale, some already sold but remembered fondly, related images of historical interest and sometimes even images of items that have not yet arrived in the shop, but that are expected to arrive soon, as well as coupon codes, links to other related sites, and more!


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