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Forlorn Flapper! Very Unusual Glamor Shot by P-C Paris, circa 1920s by...
18.00 USDTrading in her flowers for tears, Marigold's misery was manifold!!!Very unusual P-C Paris glamor image. How often do we see one of our wonderful glamor models with tears running down her...
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Metropolis Star, Brigitte Helm, as the Queen of Atlantis. Ross Verlag, circa...
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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Reserved for Beth. Please do not purchase unless you are Beth. Thanks. by...
22.00 USDMagnificent portrait, taken by Reutlinger of Paris, of Mlle. Cora Laparcerie (1875-1951), wearing a gorgeous, Art Nouveau, headdress.Mlle. Laparcerie was an important contributor to French...
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Daring Dog Quartet Poses for Portrait, Alfred Noyer, circa 1920s by redpoulaine
18.00 USD"Where are they going? To the tree, to the tree!"P.D. Eastman, "Go Dog Go" Great dog image, published by Noyer, and dated 1924 on the back side. Love it!!!Please examine our high res scans for...
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Belle Artiste in Cat Costume, circa 1910s by redpoulaine
14.00 USDSuch a great costume! We offer a loose translation of the text printed at the bottom of the card:Cat!"Tenderly ungrateful carnivores,their momentary soft caress, a trap.See them sharpening...
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WWI Belgian Officers Waiting for Supper with Forks in Hand 1900s RPPC by...
14.00 USDSemi ironic humorous image of WWI era Belgian Army officers armed with flatware, (or, one might say, "armed to the teeth?" . RPPC of nice quality. Corner and edge wear. Please examine our high...
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Little Bo Peep in Elbow Length Gloves 1900s Burlesque by redpoulaine
4.00 USDGreat image of French performer onstage. Fun costume. Photo by Professor Stebbing of Paris. Card in nice condition, posted in 1904, some writing in a nice hand. Please examine our high res...
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April Fish, Humorous Belle Epoque Postcard, posted 1907 by redpoulaine
14.00 USDRemember when as children we would pass around Valentines from school desk to school desk saving the nicest one for our sweetheart? Ah, first love :) Remember when, on the first of April, you...
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Mlle. Lina Dilson 1, Operatic Soprano, in the Barber of Seville, circa 1910...
18.00 USDWonderful image of operatic soprano Lina Dilson, performing the part of Rosine in The Barber of Seville. From what we have been able to gather, from murky abstracts and jumbled pdfs, she...
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Mysterious Odette Valery, in See-Through Costume, at the Casino de Paris,...
19.00 USDBorn Helene Vasilardi in 1883, Odette Valery was an Italian dancer of Greek parentage who made her début at La Scala (the one in Milan, not the music hall in Paris), in 1898, at the age of...
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Grete Wolfram, Woman Athlete, circa 1910 by redpoulaine
22.00 USDFraulein Grete Wolfram was a young Austrian woman, who became the German-Austrian women's club swinging champion sometime around 1910. Club swinging, also known as Indian clubs, is a former...
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French Dancer Jane Derval in Egyptian Headdress, Photograph by Walery, posted...
17.00 USDThat evening after supper, as the two were sitting together quietly in the parlor of their modest home, Jane turned to her mother and said, "Mother dear, I know it won't really be my birthday...
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Risque French Flapper in Veil, circa 1920s. A. Noyer Aurographie by redpoulaine
26.00 USDThis is one of Alfred Noyer's "Aurographie" images. These seem to have been published in the 1920s, and all of those we've seen were on the same delicate stock, and sepia-toned. A large number...
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Flapper on the Beach! Polka-Dot Pin-Up 4, circa 1920s, by Lola by redpoulaine
16.00 USDWe don't list many "bathing beauty" images in the shop, but they can be so much fun. We just couldn't resist this sweetheart. One of six from a series we acquired a couple of weeks ago. Some...
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Mignon in Tatters, circa 1905, Published by Alfred Noyer by redpoulaine
14.00 USDMignon is an opéra comique (a genre of French opera featuring both spoken dialogue, and arias) written by Ambroise Thomas and first performed in Paris, in 1866. The opera was hugely popular,...
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Spanish Dancer Rosario Guerrero, Hand-Tinted Card, Posted to Oran Algeria,...
4.00 USDAccording to the memoirs of Fitroy Gardiner, old vaudevillian and friend of Spanish dancer and pantomimist Rosario Guerrero, she "started her stage career in a rough cabaret in Seville when she...
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Flapper on the Beach! Polka-Dot Pin-Up 1, circa 1920s, by Lola by redpoulaine
16.00 USDFlapper on the Beach! Polka-Dot Pin-Up 1, circa 1920s, by LolaWe don't list many "bathing beauty" images in the shop, but they can be so much fun. We just couldn't resist this sweetheart. One...
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Beautiful Russian Dancer in Oriental Silks, circa 1910 by redpoulaine
18.00 USDOlga Wischnensky, Russian dancer (we think the name is actually Latvian), dressed to the nines in Chinese silks. Beautiful! Card is in wonderful, unposted condition. Please examine our high...
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Risque Nymph Captivated by Reflection, Magical, circa 1905/10 by redpoulaine
22.00 USDWe are definitely not experts, but as we understand it, photo printing paper was produced by suspending in a gelatinous base, countless particles of light sensitive material ( metallic salts...
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Miss Ivy Lillian Close, English Beauty, Lot of 2 Cards, circa 1908 by...
22.00 USDFirst Miss Close dazzled the People of Britain, and internationally, in 1908, as Miss Britain. From there she went onto the stage, and then into the silent films. as well. Two lovely images of...
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