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Cléo de Mérode in Cambodian costume by Reutlinger, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
29.00 USDCléo de Mérode (1875-1966) was an Austrian dancer who began her training at age 8, and according to Wikipedia, made her professional debut at the age of 11. She has visited our shop many...
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Whoops! Risque Flapper, circa 1920s by Jacques Biederer. Vintage French Card...
29.00 USDOdd little image by Biederer. Lots of fun :)Ostra Studio was operated by two brothers, Jacques and Charles Biederer. Jacques Biederer emigrated to Paris in the 1890s from what was then the...
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Barbara La Marr, Tragic Silent Film Actress, French Postcard circa 1920s by...
17.00 USDPostcards produced by Cinemagazine of Paris are some of the loveliest we see. They maintain beautiful condition through the decades (this one being nearly 90 years old) having been printed on...
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17.00 USDQuintissential Flapper in Bandeau and Beads by Lévy Fils of Paris, circa 1920sFantastic flapper image!! Love that mass of curls gathered into a wide bandeau :) We see her beads as carnelian,...
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WWI era, "How I Learned to Stop Worrying..." German Soldiers Pose...
17.00 USDThough it is certainly a departure from our usual sort of card (mostly we deal in glamorous gals of the 1890s-1930s), we do pick up odd historical images now and then and WWI occupies an...
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Reserved for Dolly Pat, lot of 10 vintage postcards. Please don't...
143.00 USDLot of 10 vintage postcards as per convos. Not all are shown in listing image. Additional card of Gypsy children (extra to this lot) to be included as per convo.
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Reserved for Dolly Pat, lot of 13 vintage postcards. Please don't...
121.00 USDLot of thirteen vintage postcards as per convos. Not all are pictured in listing images.
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Lydia Johnson, Russian Actress, all a Shimmer. Italian Postcard, circa 1920s...
17.00 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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Pola Negri in Lamé Brocade, Unidentified RPPC, circa 1929, Baden, Germany by...
24.00 USDDated 1929 on the obverse, this wonderful unidentified RPPC appears to be of Pola Negri in a fantastic lamé brocade gown, with pearls and a feathered fan as accessories. We know that in 1929...
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Risque Lingerie Image of Cabaret Performer by Henry Traut, circa 1910. by...
22.00 USDMarvelous lingerie/boudoir/dressing room image in unusually fine condition, by Heinrich Traut, of Cabaret performer Mary Irber.When the "Jugend" and theatrical modernism had filtered down to...
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Two Dancers, Liebesspiel, German Postcard circa 1910s/20s by redpoulaine
22.00 USDWonderful image, wonderful condition! Vintage German postcard of two dancers, circa 1910s/20s What is "Liebesspiel" you ask? Well, in our very best Pepe Le Pew accent, we translate it for you!...
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French Photo of Children Dancing, circa 1930s by redpoulaine
12.00 USDCharming photograph! The poses they took really capture a sense of movement. See their audience of two in the window above? :) This photograph just barely misses being the size of a standard...
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Mlle. D'alencon, Stage Artiste and Courtesan of Belle Epoque Paris, by...
18.00 USDGently hand-tinted portrait (one of our favorites of this artiste) by Leopold Reutlinger. Emilienne D'Alencon was a very popular Parisian dancer of la Belle Epoque and also one of "Les Grandes...
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Gorgeous Art Nouveau Promotional Image, French Postcard, circa 1910 by...
33.00 USDFantastic card! Whether it was chocolate, biscuits (cookies to us :) or perfume, some of the loveliest art to find its way onto the postcard during the Belle Epoque was of the promotional...
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Grandmother, What Big Eyes You've Got! Vintage German Postcard, circa...
19.00 USDThe photographer of this interesting image was Benjamin J. ("Jake") Falk (1853-1925), the king of American theatrical portraiture, who ascended that throne following the death of Napoleon...
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33.00 USDGorgeous Art Nouveau Promotional Image, French Postcard, circa 1910Fantastic card! Whether it was chocolate, biscuits (cookies to us :) or perfume, some of the loveliest art to find its way...
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Wonderful Oranotype of Actress Meaty Fleuron in Costume by Oricelly of Paris,...
19.00 USDBeautiful and very scarce image of Mlle. Fleuron in costume, wearing a kokoshnik. The color and texture in this image are just gorgeous. The photo was made by Monsieur Oricelly of Paris, a...
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Sisters, 1921 Lovely Portrait of Two Young Dancers by redpoulaine
22.00 USDSuch a charming image! Sisters, possibly, or two close friends. No beaded bandeaus, sultry eyes, or long strands of beads for these two young women, who in 1921, were not yet rushing to join...
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Saharet Can-Can Dance! Circa 1905/10 by Gerlach of Berlin by redpoulaine
24.00 USDSo many ruffles!!! Lovely photograph by Georg Gerlach of Berlin. Very nice condition on this gorgeous card.Australian born Clarissa Campbell was a tremendously popular dancer in the 1890s and...
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The Splendiferous Lise Fleuron by Stebbing of Paris, circa 1905 by redpoulaine
22.00 USDLise Fleuron was born Marguerite Rauscher on December 1st, 1874. Her father was an Alsatian who, following the Prussian annexation of the Alsace-Lorraine region in the early 1870s, chose...
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