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Fabulous French Faux Nude with Snake, circa 1900, by Henri Manuel by redpoulaine
26.00 USDA superbly naive image of an unidentified model "en collant" (in a body stocking) with a really great snake! One has to wonder, when viewing an image of this kind, whether the goal was humor,...
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Model in Japanese Costume, Zagreb, Croatia, RPPC circa 1920s by redpoulaine
17.00 USDStunning image of, we are guessing, a stage performer out of the silent film era, or even conceivably a film actress. Zagreb was not Budapest, but it was still a cultural and economic hub of...
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Russian Dancer, Edia Tikanowa, Being Playful in her Dressing Room, circa...
24.00 USDFrom the wonderful series of postcards Nos Artistes Dans Leur Loges, published, presumably, as a supplement of the journal Comoedia Illustrated, we have here a great image of Russian dancer...
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Infant Models his Father's Cuirass. Superb Carte de Visite, circa 1890s,...
39.00 USDJean Théophile Geiser 1848-1923 moved with his family, while a very young child, from his native Switzerland to Algeria in the early 1850s. In the late 1860s he opened his own photography...
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Pretty Little Girl in Fancy Dress with Assorted Baubles, Ruffles and Bows....
17.00 USDThis one stretches the imagination a bit. This charming little girl's outfit is almost Second Empire in style. Was this a home RPPC of her playing dress-up in a gown her grandmother cut down...
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Mlle. Jeanne Provost of the Comedie Francaise, by Henri Manuel, circa 1910 by...
22.00 USDMlle. Jeanne Provost (born Jeanne Edmonde Guéneau, 1887-1980) was a very well respected actress both on stage and screen. She was a sociétaire of the famed Comedie Francaise, a silent film...
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Marthe Derminy Parisian Stage Artiste, circa 1905 by redpoulaine
12.00 USDBeautifully tinted image of Belle Epoque artiste Marthe Derminy.Image circa 1905. We have not been able to find any biographical info on Mlle. Derminy yet, still looking, but it does appear...
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Three Generations of Women Pose at Fair with Faux Mule. French RPPC circa...
22.00 USDThis is one of those precious ones it is difficult for us to let go of :) the RPPC that breaks the "third wall." Do you see how along the right edge of the photograph, through careless...
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Downton Abbey, Anyone? Family with Servants, French RPPC, circa 1905 by...
22.00 USDWe do love Downton Abbey, and so many of those wonderful BBC, Edwardian setting dramas. I mean we REALLY love 'em! (Seen Anzac Girls yet? Great Australian WWI 6 parter!) But I have to say,...
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Mlle. Roessler, Belle Epoque Dancer, with Iris. Hand-Tinted Image by...
12.00 USDGorgeous Art Nouveau composite piece by Leopold Reutlinger of Paris. Exquisitely hand-colored. Posted in 1907. Some creasing to corners, otherwise a remarkable card that affords its holder a...
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Elise De Vere, Pagan Priestess, by Leopold Reutlinger, circa 1905 by redpoulaine
17.00 USDElise De Vere (born Constance), was one of the premiere stars of her time. Born in Belgium, she was the daughter of Herbert Shakespeare Gardiner Williams (aka Charles De Vere) and Julia...
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Charming Japanese Postcard, circa 1910 by redpoulaine
11.00 USDLovely image. We are guessing at the date as somewhere around 1910. We have no experience with old Japanese postcards, but sometimes put one in the shop when we are particularly charmed by it....
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Lucy Doraine, Hungarian Silent Film Star, Gift Wrapped!, by Ross Verlag,...
19.00 USDAwesome image of Lucy Doraine, popular star of the silent screen, and just in time for the holidays, she comes wearing a tremendous metallic cloth bow! :)She was born Ilona Kovacs in Budapest,...
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Maria Gioana Italian Theatrical Performer in Feathered Headdress, circa 1920s...
17.00 USDHere at Red Poulaine, we have a special place in our hearts for the Italian actress images of the early 1900s and into the 1920s. The quality of the portrait photography and subsequent...
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Okay, So I'm a bit of a Basket Case... Lovely German Postcard, circa 1905...
14.00 USDProbably intended as an Easter Greetings card, the clarity of this print is marvelous, and it's awfully cute, no? Very nice unposted condition with minor wear to edges and corners.Please...
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Serpentine Dancer a la Loie Fuller, Posted in 1907 by redpoulaine
14.00 USDWonderful image of a young dancer performing the Skirt, or, Serpentine dance. This was a form of dancing popularized and, to a great degree, developed by Loie Fuller, famous Belle Epoque...
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Italian Dancer in Wonderful Costume, circa 1920s by redpoulaine
6.00 USDWe love this!Sublimely weird. There is a tiny hole in this card, upper center, where it was probably pinned to a wall. It is actually tiny, and so unnoticeable, that we didn't see it until we...
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Salome (Mlle. De Wailly) in Final Scene of Mariotte's Opera in Lyon, 1908...
22.00 USDBecause Iokanaan would not allow Salomé to kiss his red lips, and scorned her as unclean, she persuaded her stepfather Herodias to kill him. Here, in the last scene of Antoine Mariotte's one...
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Xaviere De Leka Belle Epoque Dancer and Silent Film Actress, aby Stebbing, ca...
22.00 USDMlle. Xaviere De Léka, also Deléka, or Deleka, posing in a really wonderful Art Nouveau costume for famed theatrical portraitist Professor Edward Stebbing.We've done a good bit of digging in...
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Mistress of la Danse Orientale, Mlle. Osman, by Leopold Reutlinger, circa...
18.00 USDWe have found no history on this dancer. Wonderfully hand-tinted image by Leopold Reutlinger. Unless Osman was actually this dancer's name, which is possible, it was nevertheless an...
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