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Renaissance Players in Superlative Costumes, circa 1920s by redpoulaine
22.00 USDI don't know if any of our visitors who drop by and read this were ever involved in community theater...our kids were, and sometimes there were highly talented costumers creating wonders for...
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Cute 1920s Blonde. Classic French Postcard Image, posted 1922 by redpoulaine
6.00 USDLovely hand-tinting on this classic 1920s "glamor shot" French postcard. Nice posted condition.Please examine our high res scans for detail.Postage is for first class shipping in a secure photo...
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Arlette Marchal, French Silent Film Actress, in Amazing Art Deco Cloche circa...
18.00 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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Young Kabyle Woman in Traditional Costume, circa 1900 by Geiser. by redpoulaine
17.00 USDGorgeous image of Kabyle woman in traditional dress.The Kabyle are a Berber people who primarily populated the coastal mountain regions of northern Algeria, known as the Maghreb, at the time...
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Joan of Arc Presented to King Charles, Jeanne d'Arc est Présentée a...
8.00 USDRomantic image from series of 12 cards telling the story of Saint Joan. This image shows her being received by the, as yet uncrowned, King Charles VII of France. It was at this meeting that he...
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Four Friends at the Féte, Charming French RPPC, Longwy Bas, 1930 by redpoulaine
18.00 USDIn March, 1930, in Longwy Bas, a town very near the borders of France, Belgium, and Luxembourg, these four friends (or relations) attended a masque. They were in silly, but still wonderful,...
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Silent Film Actor and Director, Harry Piel. in Jeweled Turban, circa 1925, by...
8.00 USDHarry Piel made his first motion picture in Germany, in 1912, at the age of 20. Over the span of his career, he was involved in over 150 films. In 1927, he cast himself in a film opposite...
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The Sisters Lorrison, Queens of the Chignon, Jazz Up Paris I, circa 1900 by...
14.00 USDThe Sisters Lorrison Were a very popular act internationally at the turn of the century. This card was published right around 1900. Wonderful hand tinting, and a great example of Belle...
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The Sisters Lorrison, Queens of the Chignon II, Jazz Up Paris, circa 1900 by...
14.00 USDThe Sisters Lorrison Were a very popular act internationally at the turn of the century. This card was published right around 1900. Wonderful hand tinting, and a great example of Belle...
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The Sisters Lorrison, Queens of the Chignon, Jazzing it up in Paris, circa...
8.00 USDThe Sisters Lorrison Were a very popular act internationally at the turn of the century. This card was published right around 1900. Wonderful hand tinting, and a great example of Belle...
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The Sisters Lorrison, Clowning at the Beach, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
24.00 USDThe Sisters Lorrison Were a very popular act internationally at the turn of the century. This card was published right around 1900. In this difficult to find image, the sisters have let down...
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Perching on the Moon, Fair Maid Looks a Bit Nervous! Reutlinger, circa 1905...
18.00 USDOne of a lovely series of surreal photo-montage images produced by Leopold Reutlinger of Paris, circa 1905. The artiste is not one we know, and she is unidentified.A very nice card, in nice,...
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Circus and Vaudeville Bicycle Daredevils, The Grawstonns, circa 1905 by...
22.00 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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German Actress and Suffragette, Hedwig Reicher, as Salome, circa 1905 by...
22.00 USDGreat image of Hedwig Reicher portraying Salome. Beautifully tinted Radium card. In a previous listing of another of her images, we described Fraulein Reicher as an opera singer. Our mistake....
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Salome, by Perreira da Silva, Salon de Paris, 1914 by redpoulaine
19.00 USD'Oh gosh,' Sally thought with mild consternation as she glanced about her sumptuous bedchamber, 'I want everything to be just perfect for my party, but I have no idea what to arrange on this...
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Gorgeous Salome. Hedwig Reicher, German Actress and Suffragette, circa 1905...
24.00 USDGreat image of Hedwig Reicher portraying Salome. Such superb resolution and contrast in this radium card. In a previous listing of another of her images, we described Fraulein Reicher as an...
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Maiden with Ancient Urn, Posted 1907 by redpoulaine
12.00 USDSplendid image of beautiful young woman posing with urn. Puts us in mind of paintings by Pre-Raphaelites like Dante Gabriel Rosetti. Stamp on the card face is postmarked 1907.Postage is for...
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Anna Fouguez, Italian Stage and Screen Diva, circa 1920 by redpoulaine
12.00 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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Mlle. Lorrison Holds Aloft the Chalice of Euterpe, circa 1900 by redpoulaine
12.00 USDThe "Sisters Lorrison" were a music, dance, and pantomime team composed, presumably, of several (you guessed it), sisters! :) Most images of them we've seen show between four and six young...
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Corseted Mary Irber, Munich Variety Artist, Steps Out, Rotophot, circa 1910...
19.00 USDWhen the Jugend, and theatrical modernism had filtered down to the masses in German society, but was still very much the "in" thing among "upper classes," Mary Irber was a great favorite among...
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