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Art Nouveau, Belle Epoque, Mini Poster by H. Gray (Boulanger) circa 1900 by...
69.00 USDWelcome to our artifacts section. We decided we needed a place to showcase unusual items that present, beyond what they are themselves, unique historical qualities. Over time, we'll be...
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Marie-Ange Feriel, Belle Epoque Stage Actress by Reutlinger, Posted 1905 by...
14.00 USDAwesome image by Leopold Reutlinger of the stunning Mlle. Feriel in the wonderful neo-classical costume of the Belle Epoque era, while she was with the Theatre du Gymnase in Paris.We have been...
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Nude French Model lounging on Oriental Rugs and Cushions, circa 1920 by SAPI...
29.00 USDMost of the cards we sell on Red Poulaine are, in fact, French postcards, in that they were actually published in France, but the term "French Postcard" was also one often used to...
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The Death of Messalina, Countess Rina de Liguoro, Silent Fim Star, circa 1922...
22.00 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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Silent Movie Romance, circa 1917 by redpoulaine
14.00 USDWait...just a moment please...I have to wipe the steam from my glasses :)Gorgeous still image with Gunnar Tolnaes and Lilly Jacobsson in the 1917 Danish film, "The Maharaja's Favorite...
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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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Okay, So I'm a bit of a Basket Case... Lovely German Postcard, circa 1905...
14.00 USDProbably intended as an Easter Greetings card, the clarity of this print is marvelous, and it's awfully cute, no? Very nice unposted condition with minor wear to edges and corners.Please...
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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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Autographed Nella Regini, Italian Light Opera and Torch Singer, Autographed...
29.00 USDWonderful find! Nella is another one of our very favorite "Bella Donnas" Hugely famous Italian star of the light operetta and silent film. She was a really lovely soprano. (At one time we were...
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Otto Storm, Hungarian Silent Film Actor, Poses with Cello, Austrian Card,...
14.00 USDIt is true that we do not give the gentlemen equal time here at Red Poulaine, but occasionally a particularly dapper fellow can edge his way in :) Otto Storm was a silent film actor who made...
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Silent Film Star, Fern Andra as Circus Performer, by Film Sterne, circa 1917...
22.00 USDThe Ogden Standard-Examiner, in 1927, recounted one of Fern Andra's many escapades in Germany during the First World War, at which time, accused of espionage, she was housed in a prisoner of...
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Sleeping Beauty, Gabrielle Robinne, Hand-Tinted Image by Reutlinger, posted...
18.00 USDIs she the mother of Briar Rose, asleep in her throne for a hundred years? Or Ophelia, dreaming that Hamlet stands there beside her? She is certainly beautiful in either case.Exquisite...
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Maenad's Revenge. Regina Badet, Belle Epoque Danseuse, by Leopold...
17.00 USDWonderful photo-lithograph of the beloved dancer Regina Badet in maenad costume. This is from one of our very favorite series by famed theatrical portraitist, Leopold Reutlinger of Paris.One...
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Model Undresses in Mirror, Risque German Postcard, circa 1910 by redpoulaine
22.00 USDWonderful Risque Boudoir scene. Gorgeous coloring, and such lovely long hair! This is not a photograph. This is a really fine offset lithograph with what we today call a dot matrix so tiny you...
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Little Girl Blue. Risque French Heliotype, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
19.00 USDAnd where is the girl who looks after the sheep?Why, under the haystack, of course!Wonderful card, which although very tame by today's standards, we will file under the heading of "risque" by...
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Mlle. Jeanne Provost of the Comedie Francaise, by Henri Manuel, circa 1910 by...
22.00 USDMlle. Jeanne Provost (born Jeanne Edmonde Guéneau, 1887-1980) was a very well respected actress both on stage and screen. She was a sociétaire of the famed Comedie Francaise, a silent film...
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Eve and the Snake, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
26.00 USDA superbly naive image of an unidentified model "en collant" (in a body stocking) with a really great snake! One has to wonder, when viewing an image of this kind, whether the goal was humor,...
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Mlle. Marville says Nyaah Nyaah, by Leopold Reutlinger, 1901 by redpoulaine
16.00 USDSuperb image of Belle Epoque stage performer Mlle. Marville photographed by Reutlinger of Paris. Dated 1901, this card was published by SIP (Société Industrielle de Photographié). Wonderful...
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Suzanne Mainville, French Music Hall Performer, by Cav. A. Pesce, circa 1905...
22.00 USDSuzanne Mainville was a French music hall performer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who was both a singer and a dancer. Very rarely do we see images of theatrical performers that so...
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Lina Cavalieri, Imperial Russian Card, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
22.00 USDBeautiful operatic diva Lina Cavalieri on an Imperial Russian card from around 1900. Possibly by Reutlinger, there is no photographer attribution. On others in this series, the Folies Bergere...
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