Reserved for Dolores. Please do not purchase unless you are Dolores. Thanks....
18.00 USDLittle Pierrot and His Columbinette, Hand-Tinted Card, Posted 1910So much to love about this wonderfully hand-colored card. The children really are much cuter than buttons, and their costumes...
View ArticleCute German Boudoir/Lingerie Image by NPG of Berlin, circa 1905 by redpoulaine
24.00 USDAnother wonderful boudoir/lingerie image! Lots of ribbon and ruffles, and a very cute German model :) This card was published by NPG (the Neue Photographische Gesellschaft) of Berlin, the...
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22.00 USDNina Barkis was an important and popular performer during the latter period of the Belle Epoque. This is clear because over at least a decade there were postcard portraits of her produced by...
View ArticleLutece, Goddess of Meadows, Blessing Her Realm, circa 1900 by Reutlinger by...
12.00 USDLutece (pronounced LOO-tess) was the public persona of the lovely young woman in this photograph. We have not yet dug up any biographical information on her, which is a bit surprising given...
View ArticleLutece, Goddess of Meadows, Responds to Bacchus' Plea. circa 1900 by...
12.00 USDBacchus ventures, "Oh Beauteous One, answer me true. What are my chances?"To which Lutece replies, "Perhaps as much as...this...thou silly goat." :) Lutece (pronounced LOO-tess) was the public...
View ArticleLutece, Goddess of Meadows, in Quiet Contemplation, by Reutlinger, circa 1900...
12.00 USDLutece (pronounced LOO-tess) was the public persona of the lovely young woman in this photograph. We have not yet dug up any biographical information on her, which is a bit surprising given...
View ArticleMilk Maid on a Wooded Path circa 1907 by redpoulaine
9.00 USDProbably published sometime between 1905 and 1910, this is a charming image depicting a European peasant girl in traditional dress. Lovely and atmospheric. Unfortunately there is a crease in...
View ArticlePrincess Alma from Wedekind's "Konig Nicolo," circa 1910s by...
24.00 USDAccording to the writing on the back of this card, this somber Pierrette is Princess Alma, the daughter of King Nicolo, from a scene in the play "Konig Nicolo, oder So ist das Leben" (King...
View ArticleRisque Parisian Lingerie Image by Albert Wyndham, circa 1920s by redpoulaine
14.00 USDWhoops! Like one of those dreams we have of going out in public, looking down, and finding ourselves undressed :)We know that Albert Wyndham was an important figure in the risque postcard...
View ArticleMiss Olive Haygate, Witness in Sensational Adelphi Theater Murder Trial,...
14.00 USDAs far as we can tell, Miss Olive Haygate was an English actress whose home, in the late 1890s, was London. Nevertheless, we don't run across images of her by British photographers, so perhaps...
View ArticleNathalie Kovanko, Russian Silent Film Actress, circa 1920s by Ross Verlag by...
16.00 USDNatalie, or Nathalie, Kovanko (also Kowanko), 1899-1967 was born in Yalta, in the Ukraine. She made a number of films in Russia over a short period, then fleeing what became the Bolshevik's...
View ArticleLadies Dance Auxiliary, French RPPC, circa 1910s by redpoulaine
19.00 USDWhen the city fathers of Rien chose to plant, almost in the very center of the town square, a huge bronze sculpture of a cannon and crew mired courageously in the midst of battle gore and...
View ArticleLes Cocktails, Belle Epoque Octette, by Alfred Noyer, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
17.00 USDWe don't usually find Alfred Noyer (the publisher) cards from this early in the century! How we love these group images! So cute, and what a catchy name, Les Cocktails! Just wonderful. Fitting...
View ArticleSong and Dance Octette, The Eight Englisch Roses, circa 1910s by redpoulaine
19.00 USDSuch fun :) We love these promotional group images! The question is, were these ladies actually English? If so, the card was probably printed in Germany, since "English" was spelled with the...
View ArticleA Serenade of Pierrots. French RPPC, circa 1910s/20s by redpoulaine
24.00 USDThis wonderful RPPC is probably of a group of friends all "got" up for some féte, or other. A remarkable image in that this is almost certainly not a commercially published postcard, but one...
View ArticleEtherial Beauty, Arlette (La Divine) Dorgere, circa 1905 by Reutlinger by...
17.00 USDMany collectors of our cards seem to prefer the full length images to the head shots, and we understand that, but there are some close ups, like this one, that really help communicate the...
View ArticleEnglish Girls and Young Ladies in Japanese Costume, circa 1903. by redpoulaine
24.00 USDEnglish Girls and Young Ladies in Japanese Costume, circa 1903.Superb RPPC (Real Photo Post Card) of 12 young women and girls wearing kimonos, holding fans, and most of them with...
View ArticleLord of Misrule, Wonderful German RPPC, circa 1910s by redpoulaine
19.00 USDWhether it is Twelfth Night, Samhain, or Saturnalia, the inclusion of the Lord of Misrule in the religious and seasonal celebrations surrounding the time of the Winter Solstice date back to...
View ArticleSilhouettes Parisiennes 3, Fashion Images by Freres Neurdein, circa 1910s by...
11.00 USDThe brothers Neurdein, Etienne and Louis, had a studio in Paris from 1863 until just before the outbreak of WWI. So though pre-dating it by a few years, their careers pretty much spanned the...
View ArticleSilhouettes Parisiennes 4, Fashion Images by Freres Neurdein, circa 1910s by...
11.00 USDThe brothers Neurdein, Etienne and Louis, had a studio in Paris from 1863 until just before the outbreak of WWI. So though pre-dating it by a few years, their careers pretty much spanned the...
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