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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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Weimar Era Berlin Silent Film Actress, Evi Eva, by Iris Verlag, circa 1920s...
17.00 USDFraulein Eva was born in 1899 Berlin as Elly Giese. As a young girl, she worked in the cigarette manufacturing industry, but by age 19 was being cast in silent films. She received leading...
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Art Deco Madonna, Vintage French Postcard circa 1910 by ELD of Paris by...
22.00 USDLovely bit of early 20th century French 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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The 1920's Home Fitness Gym. German Postcard, circa 1920s by redpoulaine
17.00 USDGreat image! The text at the base of the card translates as (in so many words) The New Home Fitness Gym. Just 5 minutes a day will get results! Such fun, and how little things change :)We...
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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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Caroline (La Belle) Otero, Spanish Dancer. Embossed Postcard, Germany, circa...
22.00 USDCaroline Otero, commonly known as La Belle Otero, was one of the most famous entertainers of late Belle Epoque Paris. She was also infamous as a consort over whom industrialists and royalty...
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Parisian Stage Performer on Heavily Embossed Postcard, Germany, circa 1906 by...
17.00 USDLovely embossed postcard. We think the stage artiste may have been Juliette Méaly, a famous Parisian cabaret performer and a model for post-impressionist Henri Toulouse Lautrec. Probably a...
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Edwardian Angel, Superb British Photo Postcard, Posted to Columbia City,...
19.00 USDSo sweet!!! A lovely card.Please examine our high res scans for detail.The item you are considering for purchase is, unless otherwise noted, a vintage postcard of approximately 5 and 1/2, by 3...
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Possessed by Alien beings! Italian Postcard circa 1920s by redpoulaine
19.00 USDBeautifully strange....inherited influence of German expressionist cinema? We'd just love to be able to tell you who these people were and what this was all aboutJust love this :)Please...
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Circus and Vaudeville Bicycle Daredevils, The Grawstonns, circa 1905 by...
11.00 USDA hush falls over the audience. Even the calliope has ceased its melodious charms. The ringmaster, with an almost sinister air of mystery, removes his tall black silk hat and bows deeply. The...
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Lorelei has a Headache, No Drownings Today! Lovely German Card, circa 1900 by...
16.00 USDLovely Lorelei image! Beautifully hand-tinted. Pure fantasy, and yes, we love it :)Many people familiar with the name might think of Lorelei as just another name for a Siren of the kind...
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Silent Film Star, Vilma Banky, Requests your Handkercief, circa 1920s by Ross...
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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Six Maidens Dancing. French RPPC circa 1910s by redpoulaine
17.00 USDJust so charming. Six young ladies in costume for a theatrical production, and beautifully posed for this RPPC (Real Photo Post Card). RPPCs are postcard images produced from local studio, or...
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Egyptian Dancer with Accompanist, Cairo Postcard Trust, circa 1910s by...
22.00 USDSuperb photo of dancer and accompanist, published by the Cairo Postcard Trust, a company founded in 1899 by Joseph Max Lichtenstern (1876-1958). Lichtenstern emigrated to Egypt from Vienna in...
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Risque French Postcard, circa 1905, by ELD by redpoulaine
12.00 USDErnest Louis Desiré Le Deley was a well known publisher of postcards in France from 1900 until 1930, when ELD went bankrupt. Thanks to the Metropolitan Postcard Club's publisher list (a...
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Lord of Misrule, Wonderful German RPPC, circa 1910s by redpoulaine
17.00 USDWhether it is Twelfth Night, Samhain, or Saturnalia, the inclusion of the Lord of Misrule in the religious and seasonal celebrations surrounding the time of the Winter Solstice date back to...
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Mermaid Mishap, by Henri Manuel, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
19.00 USDWhen this image was taken, no more than three short years after 1900, when Henri Manuel and his brother Gaston first opened their studio in Paris, who would have guessed that among French...
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Belle Epoque Hotel Cafe for Working Class, 1900s RPPC by redpoulaine
16.00 USDWe do specialize in fantasy, here at Red Poulaine. It's true! Theatrical fantasy, even, and sometimes, perhaps, a little phantasy too, though seldom. Every now and then, though, we need to...
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Zaftig Jugendstil Epoche Artiste in Odalisque Pose, circa 1905 by redpoulaine
16.00 USDWonderful early 1900s image by NPG (Neue Photographische Gesellschaft), one of our favorite German publishers. The young woman is adorned in a classic "costume orientale," and posed as the...
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La Bella Gardenia, Breathtaking Belle Epoque Image, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
14.00 USDWe've found no history on this performer. What a beautiful image. Note the rubber stamped text at the bottom of the card. This indicates that the artiste was just breaking into the theater...
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