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Portrait of Artiste with Chrysanthemums, Clément Tournier & Cie., circa 1900...
17.00 USDSuperb photographic portrait of unidentified theatrical performer, published in Geneva. No photographer attribution, either.A fine card in fine condition. Please examine our high res scans for...
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Superb Photographic Portrait by Edgar Schmidt of Dresden circa 1900 by...
11.00 USDWonderful image of a beautiful young woman in gorgeously sensible Victorian attire. German photo by Dresden photographer Edgar Schmidt, taken probably sometime in the late 1890s.Please examine...
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Up a Tree with a Mandolin. Fancy French Nude, Charles Collas and Company,...
24.00 USDWell, we've all heard of being "up a creek, without a paddle," how about being up a tree, with a mandolin? No matter how cute she might be, lounging up there in her tree, plucking tunes on her...
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Mary Miles Minter, Hollywood Silent Movie Star, circa 1920 by redpoulaine
16.00 USDThe story of Mary Miles Minter is full of drama, one might even say melodrama, as seems appropriate for an early silent film star. It's almost as if she were living in a movie, herself.Born...
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French Nude, Indolence, by G. Seignac, Salon de Paris, 1914. Selecta Pub. by...
12.00 USDWow, what a beauty! Guillaume Seignac (1870-1924) was an award winning French painter in the academic tradition who incorporated classical, renaissance and mythological elements into his work,...
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Electric Kool-Aid Musical Mermaid, Elaborately Tinted Jugendstil Postcard,...
22.00 USDAnd you thought psychedelia was limited to the black light posters of the late 60s and 70s? Hey, the Belle Epoque had absinthe! Just kidding. Though it is suggested in popular media that...
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Wonderful Rare "Fishbowl" Lens RPPC of Ste. Catherine's Day...
26.00 USDAbsolutely wonderful panoramic lens RPPC of a Ste. Catherine's Day Fete, circa (we have to guess here) about 1905. The early panoramic lens was usually not quite up to the standards of the...
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Dancer of Jugendstil Epoche, Louise Luska, by G.G. Co. of Berlin, circa 1905...
14.00 USDGorgeous tone and contrast on this wonderful portrait out of Berlin. Searching our vast archive of late 19th, early 20th century theatrical history (sometimes also referred to by our strange,...
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Friendship 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...
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Paule Morly in Mermaid Gown, by Prof. Edward Stebbing, circa 1905 by redpoulaine
19.00 USDGorgeously hand-colored Stebbing image of Mlle. Paule Morly, from a wonderful series of cards published by Monsieur G. Piprot of Etoile publishers, Paris.This is probably the 5th time we've...
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Tinklefoot Prunebottom Collects Titania's Tribute, Oranotype Posted 1906...
18.00 USDTending a garden in Faerie's borderlands has its benefits, to be sure. Provided you tie a few tiny silver bells in your raspberry canes, and put out a saucer of sweet milk every now and then,...
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Suzy Prefers to Lean on the Pedestal, not Stand on It, circa 1910 by redpoulaine
18.00 USDThis magnificent image of Suzy as she leans nonchalantly against a pedestal provides a lovely example of the use of a plain gown over which was worn a decorated outer gown. This particular...
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Suzanne Mainville, French Music Hall Performer, by Cav. A. Pesce, circa 1905...
22.00 USDSuzanne Mainville was a French music hall performer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who was both a singer and a dancer. Very rarely do we see images of theatrical performers that so...
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La Belle Otéro in Ruffles and Frills by Paul Boyer of Paris, circa 1900 by...
24.00 USDAgustina Otero Iglesias, later famous as La Belle Otero, one of the Beautiful Era's most beloved dancers, was born on this very day! (the day we're listing this lovely card by Paul Boyer),...
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Romantic Banjo Serenade, Hand Tinted Couples Romance by Alfred Noyer, circa...
12.00 USDPosted from Belgium in 1930, this is a lovely romance fantaisie by Alfred Noyer, the prolific picture postcard publisher whose offerings were so often top of the mark.Please examine our high...
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Arlette Dorgere in Maenad attire, Theatre Variete, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
19.00 USDGorgeous image of beautiful French stage performer Arlette Dorgère. So beautiful! This one will find its way into our marvelous maenad section, of course :)Mlle. Dorgère was a favorite on the...
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Beautifully Colored Lorelei Image, Possibly Traut? circa 1900, by Rotophot by...
18.00 USDBeautiful Lorelei image, published by Rotophot, possibly autographed by the artiste, and posted in 1904.This card was posted in Lima, Peru, in 1904. The two decades that passed between the...
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Young German Model Shows a Little Leg, Paul Fink of Berlin, circa 1910 by...
16.00 USDGreat Jugendstil Epoche image, very reminiscent of Heinrich Traut's work, of a young lady giving us a glimpse of her knee (yes folks, remember you saw one here first, a young lady's finely...
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Lovely 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...
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Sidewalk Cafe, circa early 1900s, RPPC by redpoulaine
19.00 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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