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Lot of 3 French Flappers in Beaded Headband, circa 1920s, by L.P.V. of Paris....
29.00 USDThere is a small, almost unnoticeable, crease in the upper right corner of the first card shown in this listing, and a tiny chip visible on the card's surface at the base of that crease. Also,...
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Belle Epoque Trio, The Butterflies, Pop Japonism circa 1905 by redpoulaine
18.00 USDFollowing a period of around 200 years of self imposed cultural isolation, Japan underwent the Meiji Restoration in 1868, and opened wide its gates to trade with other nations. Japanese...
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Belle Epoque Eve with Snake, circa 1905, Published for French Market, by...
19.00 USDWonderful mix of photographic image with over-painted snake and environment. Here we have Eve and the snake memorialized as a fountain on a postcard printed for sale in France by Rotophot of...
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Mia May, German Silent Movie Star, Playful in Veil. Early Ross Verlag, circa...
19.00 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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Woman with Flowers by Stebbing, posted 1907 by redpoulaine
4.00 USDCute image of unidentified artiste, or model, posing with flowers, hand tinted postcard from a photograph by Professor Stebbing, and published by Etoile of Paris. The text at the bottom of the...
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Hand-Tinted Image of Belle Epoque Artiste in Mermaid Gown. Paul Boyer, posted...
16.00 USDWnderful image. Great coloration. Message on the back of card in a lovely hand and in the violet ink so popular at that time. A very nice card, by the fine theatrical portraitist, of an...
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Florence Ziegfeld's "A Parisian Model," Broadway Success, circa...
18.00 USD"A Parisian Model," was a very well liked Broadway musical produced by Florence Ziegfeld (of Ziegfeld's Follies fame) in 1906/07. You will notice that, on our card, it is referred to as "Anna...
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Can-Can Dancers, Les Ponettes (The Ponies) Hand-Colored Group Portrait,...
18.00 USDWonderful group image of eight dancers, Les Ponettes, so named, presumably, for their artful prancing! We couldn't find any history on them, but to get you in the mood, follow the link below...
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Fern Andra, Star of the Circus and Silent Film, "Relaxing" at Home,...
22.00 USDVery early Ross Verlag card. Wonderful image of one of our favorite people in a posed "candid" image that was apparently taken, as were a fair number of her postcard images, by her own...
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Olga Gregg Belle Epoque Actress, Possibly by Gerlach by redpoulaine
18.00 USDWonderful image of actress Olga Gregg. The GG mark often appears on images taken by the Berlin photographer Gerlach, and this looks like his work, though unattributed. Olga looks as if she...
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Striking Image of Pre-Flapper with Red Hair Ribbon, circa 1911 by redpoulaine
16.00 USDSent on August First, 1911, the Feast day of Saint Alphonsine, this extraordinary card not only has a gorgeous and striking image on the front side, but on the reverse, there is a fairly long...
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Gloria Swanson in Pearl and Cameo Tiara, circa 1920s, by Henri Manuel by...
22.00 USDDazzling image of one of Hollywood's long-reigning queens of cinema, Miss Gloria Swanson. Marvelous Manuel photo, and out of the very collectible series, Les Vedettes de Cinema, by one of our...
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Gretchen at the Mirror from Faust, circa 1905 by redpoulaine
8.00 USDThe play Faust, by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, worked great influence on the minds not only of Germans, but of people all over the western world, dealing as it did with great changes in outlook...
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French Artiste Mlle. Dalgy, by Reutlinger, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
11.00 USDIsn't her hair amazing? Stunning portrait by the great Reutlinger of Paris. His model is Mlle. Dalgy. Though there is some resemblance, she should not be confused with Helena D'Algy, who...
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Two Artistes Share One Veil, circa 1900 by E. Stebbing of Paris by redpoulaine
17.00 USDLovely hand-colored treat of two Belle Epoque stage performers sharing one delicate veil between them. Charming! Professor Stebbing took this photograph right around the year 1900. Please...
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Gypsy Maiden, Lise Walton, circa 1905 by redpoulaine
19.00 USDStupendous "Mignonesque" costume image, lovely contrast. Not a whisper about Lise Walton that we can find. We did dig up another image of her, in a lovely big hat :) but more than...
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Lyda Borelli, Italian Silent Film Actress Listens Carefully, circa 1920 by...
18.00 USD"Borellismo was a word used in Italy in the teens to describe the Lyda Borelli craze. Girls went on diets and strove to imitate her twisted postures. She was like a decadent version of the...
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Beautiful Young Aulete, Belle Epoque "Classical" Costume, circa...
14.00 USDTruly a lovely, compelling, and magical image. Gorgeous shawl, Art Nouveau headdress and winding snake armlet. Hair up in that "neo-classical" style so popular in the Art Nouveau period. The...
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Marguerite Brésil, Belle Epoque Stage Actress, by Leopold Reutlinger. circa...
12.00 USDIsn't her hair fantastic? Early 20th century hair products were not always what they should have been, so it is not common to run across an image of such really beautiful long hair.The...
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Louise Sylvie, French Actress of Stage and Screen, circa 1905 by Leopold...
17.00 USDKnown for much of her long and successful career simply as Sylvie, or Louise Sylvie, this lovely actress was born Louise Pauline Mainguené in 1883, began on the stage, at the Théatre National...
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