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Janet Doré, Edwardian Stage Performer, British Postcard circa 1903 by...
16.00 USDNo history we've found on the charming Miss Doré. We'll keep looking, though.Wonderful Art Nouveau border really makes this a striking card!On the reverse side of the card, note "For Inland...
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Jazz Baby, Iconic Flapper Image, Autographed Belgian RPPC circa 1920s by...
29.00 USDMiss Nadia Stroghoff, cuter than cute Russian dancer on an autographed promotional RPPC produced in Brussels, Belgium. There were actually a few cards Miss Stroghoff (or her agent) had made of...
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Sweet Madonna, Vintage Italian Postcard circa 1910s by redpoulaine
22.00 USDTranslation (the best we can do anyway) of the Italian text on the card face: "Hail Mary, Sweet Madonna,I offer you flowers.I offer you my heart."Lovely bit of early 20th century Italian...
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Charity, Vintage Religious Postcard Printed in Germany, circa 1910 by...
18.00 USDLovely bit of early 20th century German popular iconography! This is one of several beautiful religion-oriented postcards we're offering this week in which the images, though classic, make use...
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Look Twice at This One! RPPC, circa 1910. by redpoulaine
33.00 USDWe named this one "Look Twice" because the listing image doesn't give you the whole image at first glance. Family pet? Relative who fell afoul of the fairies? We laugh every time we see this...
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Hand-Tinted Artiste in Mermaid Gown by Leopold Reutlinger of Paris. Pub. NPG...
18.00 USDBreathtaking example of detailed hand-tinting on this German postcard from probably 1906-1910. The unidentified stage performer was photographed by one of our favorites, Leopold Reutlinger of...
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Mature. Rare Unidentified Nude Portrait of Cecile Sorel, Grande Dame of the...
39.00 USDWe're pretty excited about this find! The Countess de Segur, born Céline Emilia Seurre (1873-1966) and better known as Cecile Sorel, was one of the most widely respected actresses of the...
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Risque German Postcard of Belle Epoque Dancer Lise Fleuron. Bawdy Humor in...
19.00 USDMany images of Lise Fleuron we find, like those of her sister Miaty, are a tad on the suggestive side. Mlle. Fleuron was born in the 1870s in Alsace-Lorraine. She was actually born Marguerite...
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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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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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Weimar Era Berlin Silent Film Actress, Evi Eva, ed. Herm Leiser, 1928/29 by...
14.00 USDWhat a fascinating face she had. Wonderful portrait from Verlag Hermann Leiser, circa 1920s. To demonstrate the wonderful clarity of this photograph, we caught your attention with a close,...
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Mae and John in the Merry Widow, 1925 Ed. Iris Verlag by redpoulaine
16.00 USDMae Murray and John Gilbert from Erich von Stroheim's "The Merry Widow," 1925. Mae Murray (1885-1965), known as "the girl with the bee-stung lips," was a silent film star, producer and screen...
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Dolly Haas, Film Actress and Broadway Star, circa 1930 ed. Ross Verlag. by...
17.00 USDImpish much? Too cute :) Actress Dolly Haas circa 1930 ed. Ross Verlag.Dorothy Clara Louisa Haas was born in Hamburg Germany in 1910, to a Danish father and an English mother. A small redhead...
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Topless Dancer in Silk and Sequins, circa 1910s/20s. French Postcard Ed. A....
33.00 USDReally a marvelous photo, published by one of our favorites, A. Noyer of Paris. Who was the photographer? That big "W" on the lower left makes us wonder if it was Monsieur Walery, very much...
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May Flowers 4, 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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Anna Pavlova as Dragonfly, Photo probably by H. Mishkin of New York....
70.00 USDAnna Pavlova (1881-1931), prima ballerina of the Imperial Russian Ballet and Diaghilev's Ballet Russes, needs little introduction. She is possibly the most famous of all Russian dancers and...
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Pierrette Wants to Play Catch! Precious French RPPC circa 1920s by redpoulaine
22.00 USDHow cute is this Pierrette? Love the tuft of hair popping out of her beanie :) The photographer Robert Boivin apparently got started in Paris right around 1890 and seems to have kept himself...
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Lotte Neumann's Raphunzel Hair, Schoolgirl Look, circa 1920 by redpoulaine
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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Lee Parry, German Silent Film Actress circa 1920s by Ross Verlag. by redpoulaine
16.00 USDElegant blonde actress Lee Parry (1901-1977) was a star of German film (largely comedies) during the 1920s. Later, she was also a radio star and recording artist. Following World War Two,...
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Judith, German postcard of Biblical Heroine, posted in Budapest in 1918. by...
11.00 USDThis card was posted in Budapest, in 1918. If you've never run across this biblical tale, Judith was a woman from the city of Bethulia--a great hero among those women whose stories are told in...
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