Rita Sacchetto, Dancer and Silent Film Star, with Amazing Lute! (1) circa...
24.00 USDRita Sacchetto (born Margherita Sacchetto) in 1880 (sometimes a year or two earlier, depending on source), Munich, Germany, was the daughter of a Venetian painter and an Austrian woman. (Our...
View ArticleRita Sacchetto, Dancer and Silent Film Star, with Amazing Lute! (2) circa...
24.00 USDRita Sacchetto (born Margherita Sacchetto) in 1880 (sometimes a year or two earlier, depending on source), Munich, Germany, was the daughter of a Venetian painter and an Austrian woman. (Our...
View ArticlePapa was a Dandy! Small Cabinet Card by Strauss and Co. of Vienna, circa 1890...
18.00 USDBeautiful Panama hat! Kaiser Wilhelm mustaches, silk jacket, a striped, square-ended silk necktie in the popular two-color striped pattern that was popular in the 1880s and 90s, striped shirt...
View ArticleChild in Art Nouveau Mistletoe Gown, circa 1890, Vienna by redpoulaine
11.00 USDAll dressed up in Christmas finery! So cute! Child in a gown cut from a cloth patterned with Art Nouveau mistletoe design. Hard to say if this is a little girl or boy, our guess is boy. CDV...
View ArticleLovely CDV 1, by Gjuro Varga of Zagreb, circa 1890s by redpoulaine
16.00 USDThis jewel of a CDV (Carte de Visite sized cabinet card) is 2 and 1/2 by 4 and 1/8 inches. Gorgeous resolution, beveled and gilded edges don't show up to full effect on scan.Gjuro Varga,...
View ArticleLovely CDV 2, by Gjuro Varga of Zagreb, circa 1890s by redpoulaine
16.00 USDThis jewel of a CDV (Carte de Visite sized cabinet card) is 2 and 1/4 by 4 inches. Gorgeous resolution, beveled and gilded edges don't show up to full effect on scan.Gjuro Varga, though one of...
View ArticleTwo Vaudeville Dancers Clowning Around, circa 1920s German Card by redpoulaine
14.00 USDJnge (Inge) and Edy (usually short for Edith) Court were a couple of dancers out of the Vaudeville era. No history on them we've found. Presumably they were a sister act. Very nice Vaudeville...
View ArticleAutographed Countess Rina De Liguoro Italian Silent Movie Queen, circa 1920s...
36.00 USDGreat, great image of the Countess as Messalina, the fallen Empress, from the 1922 silent film that was the most important of her career. Born in Florence, in 1892, Rina De Liguoro is...
View ArticleLovely French Model in Feathered Hat, by Ketty, circa 1920s by redpoulaine
6.00 USDWe love Ketty cards. Do we know who the model is? Nope. The photographer? Also nope :) But that gorgeous silver glow that Ketty seemed so often to manage is there,Wonderful. Please note that on...
View ArticleBroadway Star and Vaudevillian Faye Templeton, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
18.00 USDFaye Templeton (1865-1939) was a much loved star of Broadway musicals, light opera and Vaudeville from the 1870s into the 1930s...yep, her career spanned 60 years! She was born into the...
View ArticlePierrette in Black 1, Lovely RPPC dated 1921, probably from Croatia by...
12.00 USDGreat flapper RPPC. Don't know who this gal was, but she certainly had something! Wouldn't be surprised to discover that she was a film actress. Love the costume,Please examine our high res...
View ArticleLittle Girl in Traditional Costume by S. Weinrich of Zagreb, Croatia, circa...
9.00 USDSuch a charming image, and a gorgeous print! This card is pretty rough around the edges though, so if you want to adopt this precious RPPC, please examine our high res scans for detail. We want...
View ArticleIvy Lilian Close, English Beauty and Film Actress, circa 1908/1910 by...
17.00 USDMiss Ivy Close (1890-1968) turned 18 in 1908, the year the British magazine, The Daily Mirror (Yes, the same Daily Mirror, though only a few years old at that time, and a very different...
View ArticlePierrette in Black 3, Lovely RPPC dated 1921, probably from Croatia by...
12.00 USDGreat flapper RPPC. Don't know who this gal was, but she certainly had something! Wouldn't be surprised to discover that she was a film actress. Love the costume,Please examine our high res...
View ArticlePierrette in Black 2, Lovely RPPC dated 1921, probably from Croatia by...
12.00 USDGreat flapper RPPC. Don't know who this gal was, but she certainly had something! Wouldn't be surprised to discover that she was a film actress. Love the costume,Please examine our high res...
View ArticleFriendship and Roses, Lovely Belle Epoque Image, circa 1905 by redpoulaine
17.00 USDSetting: A Victorian Garden"Shall I pluck this tiny blossom, Mariette?" whispered Cybelline breathlessly, her pale cheeks flushing with anticipation, "For I confess, my hands do tremble, and I...
View ArticleGabrielle Debrives as First Page in Barbe Bleue, Bluebeard, by Paul Boyer,...
7.00 USDGabrielle Debrives, also called Gabrielle De Brives (1883-1974), was an actress and singer who was among the regulars at Théâtre des Variétés. In this image, a publicity shot for the 1904 opera...
View ArticleLovely Lady in Merry Widow hat, Hand-Tinted German Postcard, circa 1909 by...
17.00 USDThe "big hat," of which the one our model wears is certainly an elegant example, hit the Edwardian fashion scene in 1907, with the opening of "The Merry Widow," a very popular light opera from...
View ArticleMary Garden, Scottish American Opera Diva, in Paris, circa 1901 by redpoulaine
14.00 USDA lovely portrait by Leopold Reutlinger of Mary Garden (1874-1967), in Jules Massenet's Manon. Miss Garden was an operatic soprano who enjoyed great success in both France and the United...
View ArticleUkrainian Film Star, Helena Makowska, Smiles Over Her Shoulder, circa 1920s...
14.00 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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