22.00 USD
One card of four in a series of great vaudeville acrobat postcards we recently acquired for the shop. Though published circa 1906 (the year Germany began allowing divided back cards), these images may be recognized as being very unusual for Gerlach. Our guess is that like many postcard images, these were printed from negative plates originally used to produce late 19th century CDVs and cabinet cards and published early in Gerlach's "postcard" career. If you have an opinion on this, we'd really love to hear from you.
Unfortunately, though we've found an unrelated image of the "Trio Versa," we haven't yet found any history on this troupe.
A very nice card we were absolutely thrilled to find as one in this series! Acrobats in action are really difficult to collect (from this period and earlier) and this card is such fun! Though not so recognizable in our scans, small dots of glitter decorate the players costumes at strategic points. These are far more effective in person!
Minor wear but overall in very nice condition. 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 not charge for 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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