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Woman in White with Mandolin, German RPPC circa 1910s by redpoulaine
14.00 USDVery nice RPPC of a woman and her close companion, a mandolin. We certainly lose sight (most of us, anyway) of how very important musical instruments were to family life in pre-radio days,...
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Artiste Costumed as Romanian Gypsy, circa 1907 by redpoulaine
17.00 USDGreat image of a young woman with a mandolin, and costumed as a Romanian Gypsy, only not as a Romanian Gypsy woman, but rather as a man. We found two photo images from the 1860s of Kalderari...
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Gabrielle Robinne? Lovely Artiste with Long Hair, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
12.00 USDA lovely, if simple, example of the flower framed Art Nouveau photo card of the period. Somewhat faded with age, and rounded in the corners, but overall, in very nice condition. This is...
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Art Nouveau Framed Portrait of French Artiste circa 1900 by redpoulaine
6.00 USDAt the turn of the 20th century, this style of card, with a small photo of a popular stage performer framed by a repetitive Art Nouveau design, was very popular. This card is a very typical...
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Dolores Del Rio, circa 1928. Ralph Wants to Know Where the 5th Ace Came From!...
18.00 USDWelcome to "Idols of the 1920s," where we hope to provide a special, cozy place for those of you who long to linger among the stars of the early silver screen, the hoofers and songbirds of...
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Sexy Image of Käthe von Nagy Hungarian Silent Film Actress, circa late...
16.00 USDKäthe von Nagy, born into an aristocratic Hungarian family as Ekaterina Nagy von Cziser, in 1904, was a film actress whose career began when she was cast in a role by famed director Alexander...
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Autographed Nella Regini, Italian Light Opera and Torch Singer, Autographed...
29.00 USDHere at Red Poulaine, we have a special place in our hearts for the Italian actress images of the early 1900s and into the 1920s. The quality of the portrait photography and subsequent...
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Au Clair de la Lune, Lovely Pierrot and Colombine Image by Alfred Noyer,...
14.00 USD"Au clair de la lune,Mon ami Pierrot,"By the light of the moon, my friend Pierrot...Wonderful, blue-tinted Pierrot card! In very nice condition, this is one of three Pierrot images we acquired...
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Mary Miles Minter, Hollywood Silent Movie Star, circa 1920 by redpoulaine
16.00 USDThe story of Mary Miles Minter is full of drama, one might even say melodrama, as seems appropriate for an early silent film star. It's almost as if she were living in a movie, herself.Born...
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Vera Vergani, Italian Stage and Silent Film Actress, circa 1920s by redpoulaine
16.00 USDHere at Red Poulaine, we have a special place in our hearts for the Italian actress images of the early 1900s and into the 1920s. The quality of the portrait photography and subsequent...
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Hand-Colored RPPC, Family Picnic in Horse Pasture, circa 1910 by redpoulaine
24.00 USDA superb RPPC. So many wonderful expressions on their faces. So many bottles! And that crusty bread, mmm. It is very seldom that we come across a hand colored RPPC. Great detail.Please examine...
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Belle Epoque Actress Suzanne Miéris as Eunice, in Quo Vadis, circa 1901 by...
14.00 USDA very unusual image of actress Suzanne Miéris, playing the part of the Greek slave, Eunice, in Émile Moreau's Quo Vadis, probably at the Théâtre Antoine, Porte-Saint-Martin, in Paris. Quo...
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Can-Can Dancers, Les Ponettes (The Ponies) Hand-Colored Group Portrait,...
18.00 USDWonderful group image of eight dancers, Les Ponettes, so named, presumably, for their artful prancing! We couldn't find any history on them, but to get you in the mood, follow the link below...
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Poirot Investigates! French RPPC, circa 1910 by redpoulaine
24.00 USDWhen, on a Tuesday in August of the previous year, Monsieur Hercule Poirot was visiting friends in the charming town of Bargemon (that little jewel of Provence), his host, the venerable Comte...
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Florence Ziegfeld's "A Parisian Model," Broadway Success, circa...
18.00 USD"A Parisian Model," was a very well liked Broadway musical produced by Florence Ziegfeld (of Ziegfeld's Follies fame) in 1906/07. You will notice that, on our card, it is referred to as "Anna...
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Fern Andra, Star of the Circus and Silent Film, "Relaxing" at Home,...
22.00 USDVery early Ross Verlag card. Wonderful image of one of our favorite people in a posed "candid" image that was apparently taken, as were a fair number of her postcard images, by her own...
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Belle Epoque Eve with Snake, circa 1905, Published for French Market, by...
19.00 USDWonderful mix of photographic image with over-painted snake and environment. Here we have Eve and the snake memorialized as a fountain on a postcard printed for sale in France by Rotophot of...
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Mia May, German Silent Movie Star, Playful in Veil. Early Ross Verlag, circa...
19.00 USDWelcome to "Idols of the 1920s," where we hope to provide a special, cozy place for those of you who long to linger among the stars of the early silver screen, the hoofers and songbirds of...
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Olga Gregg Belle Epoque Actress, Possibly by Gerlach by redpoulaine
18.00 USDWonderful image of actress Olga Gregg. The GG mark often appears on images taken by the Berlin photographer Gerlach, and this looks like his work, though unattributed. Olga looks as if she...
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Belle Epoque Image of Italian Theater Scene, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
17.00 USDVery interesting image from a stage performance of an actor in classical, but then fairly contemporary, Japanese costume with an actress in western dress, onstage. Italian card, undivided...
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