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Mlle. Fiska, Belle Epoque Stage Performer 2, by Walery of Paris by redpoulaine
12.00 USDWe have always loved this series of images by Walery of the mysteriously veiled Mlle. Fiska. Not that she was veiled in some mysterious way or that there is any mystery behind the fact that...
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Reserved for Dolly Pat, Lot of five cards. Please don't purchase unless...
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Sarah Bernhardt, Portrait in Velvet Gown, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
22.00 USDGorgeous portrait of that queen of theater, Sarah (the Divine) Bernhardt, in a wonderful velvet gown. There is no photographer attribution on this card, but this looks like the same...
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La Danse Orientale, Lot of 2 Risque Belly Dancer Images, circa 1900 by...
22.00 USDLa Danse Orientale, Lot of Two Risque Belly Dancer Images, circa 1900Magical early "danse orientale" images. Dancer is quite possibly of colonial Algerian origin, but this is a studio series,...
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Bonneted Beauty, Rotary Photo, circa 1905/10 by redpoulaine
8.00 USDLovely image of a pretty young English woman wearing a wonderful velvet hat. This was published by the Rotary Photographic Company, the British satellite of one of our very favorite publishers,...
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Family Picnic with Grandma circa 1925 by redpoulaine
7.00 USDWe would guess the date of this wonderful family picnic photo at somewhere around the mid-twenties to early thirties. We just love this. High Summer, the meadow's yellowed grass, a stout wicker...
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The Brides Escape! Hand-Tinted Image by Bergeret, circa 1905 by redpoulaine
14.00 USDFollowing Jonathan Harker's desperate escape from Castle Dracula, the count's three "wives," Aleera, Verona, and Marishka, decided to move on to greener pastures...well, okay, not so much...
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Notorious Dancer, Eugenie Fougere, at the Scala, by Leopold Reutlinger, circa...
22.00 USDSo Saucy! Wonderfully evocative pose and costume. Image by that master of theatrical portrait, Leopold Reutlinger of Paris. We are fortunate to have an autographed version of this card in our...
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A Family Gathering. French RPPC circa 1910 by redpoulaine
14.00 USDWonderful detail. About a million hats! :) You can almost smell the hair oil and hear the hiss of crinoline. A very nice RPPC.Please examine our high res scans for detail.Postage is for fully...
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Marthelette Kicks Up Her Heels, Early Picture Postcard Dancer, circa 1895 by...
14.00 USDWe love these early ones! As to its age, this one could be 1895, or 1903, but we lean toward the late 90s. This early picture postcard, what the French call a precurseur, has an undivided back...
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Queen Mab I. Delightful Faux Nude, by H. Traut of Munich, circa 1905/10 by...
24.00 USD"These the Queen of Spells drew in;She spread a charm around the spot,And, leaning graceful from the ethereal car,Long did she gaze, and silently,Upon the slumbering maid"Taken entirely out of...
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Hanni Hanita, Weimar Era Dancer, Dresden Germany, circa 1920s by redpoulaine
18.00 USDCharming dance image of Fraulein Hanni Hanita performing in Dresden Germany. We were unable to find any bio on this dancer of the Weimar era, but we did at least find a mention of her in the...
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Carmen De Villers Lounging Around, circa 1905 by Professor E. Stebbing by...
14.00 USDLovely hand-tinted image of Carmen De Villers, Belle Epoque beauty queen and stage performer, by Edward Stebbing, prolific photographer and inventor. Glossy print does (as glossy images will)...
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Belle Epoque Beauty Tends Garden. Embossed Card, circa 1905 by redpoulaine
19.00 USDBeautiful card! The scanner does not do justice to the colors, particularly the gold highlights that gleam but do not in the scan (a typical problem we encounter with metallic inks and...
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A Calling Card from Monsieur Henri Varna. by redpoulaine
19.00 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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Invitation to a Masque, 1892 by redpoulaine
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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The Bather, Salon Sculpture by Élie-Jean Vézien by redpoulaine
16.00 USDÉlie-Jean Vézien (1890-1982) was a celebrated French sculptor who began his studies as an apprentice to a goldsmith in Marseille when he was 14 years old. Our third listing image, not for...
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Lovely Hand-Tinted Glamor Image, German Postcard circa 1910 by redpoulaine
16.00 USDTitled "Mara," this is a charming glamor image from Germany out of the early 1910s. The postmark is muddy, but looks like 1912. This is a style of glamor image we see quite a lot of out of...
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May Flowers 2, Risque French Faux-Nude by M.F. Paris, circa 1904 by redpoulaine
18.00 USDWish we'd received this in for May day! Lovely hand-coloration on this barely risque French postcard, circa 1904.Why 1904? Check out the text on the obverse of the card:"Tous les pays...
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May Flowers 3, Risque French Faux-Nude by M.F. Paris, circa 1904 by redpoulaine
18.00 USDWish we'd received this in for May day! Lovely hand-coloration on this barely risque French postcard, circa 1904.Why 1904? Check out the text on the obverse of the card:"Tous les pays...
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