This vintage real photo features a pretty young woman in the nude. She is wearing a very long “pearl” necklace. She has beautiful eyes. This postcard is risque for its era. Tastefully done nude postcards were considered art at the time this card was issued. The card was published by the French firm, Corona as part of a series (No.155). Corona was a publisher that operated in the 1920’s. They published many postcard nudes with blank backs. It is not known if they were photographers or just a reprinting company that produced photos taken by well known photographers of the time. (SOLD)
This vintage real photo postcard features actress singer Lili Damita (1904-1994). She was born Liliane Marie Madeleine Carre in Blaye, France in 1904. She was educated in convents and ballet schools in several European countries. She was a pretty and talented star actress of silent movies as well as early talkies. Her filmography includes 33 film appearances between 1922 and 1937. Damita started dancing professionally at sixteen years of age and made her film debut in 1922. As a teenager she danced in music halls and appeared in the revue of the Casino de Paris. She also worked as a photographic model. She starred in the film “The Queen was in the Parlor” (1926) by Noel Coward. She appeared with Ronald Colman in Sam Goldwyn’s film “The Rescue” (1929). Goldwyn feared that Damita’s accent would be a deterrent for success in talkies so Damita worked to change her accent and she appeared in her first talkie, “The Cockeyed World” (1929). Goldwyn eventually dropped her partially because she had been too honest with the press about her millionaire lovers. During her career, Damita worked with celebrated actors including Gary Cooper, Laurence Olivier, Cary Grant, Maurice Chevalier, and James Cagney. She had more than one marriage. Her second husband was actor Errol Flynn. They married in 1935 and were divorced seven years later. Cooper’s infidelities contributed to the dissolution of their marriage. The couple’s son, Sean Flynn, disappeared while photographing the Vietnam War, and was never found. She married again; this time to a dairy farmer named Allen Loomis. Her marriage to Loomis dissolved in 1962. In 1994 Damita died of Alzheimers disease in Palm Beach, Florida. A YouTube tribute to Lili Damita can be seen below.
Postcard 1 is part of the “Picturegoer Series (No. 375” ) and was published in London, England. Picturegoer was a British fan magazine focussing on contemporary films and the actors and actresses who performed in them. Picturegoer also published postcards. In fact, they produced over 6500 different real photo postcards on 2000 actors and actresses. Miss Damita looks quite lovely in this photo portrait.
The photograph seen on Postcard 2 was taken during the flapper era. Miss Damita’s portrait on this postcard was taken by celebrity photographer Alex Binder. This card was published by Ross Verlag as part of a series (no.1676/1). It is a white border postcard and it dates back to around the 1920’s.
This risque vintage real photo postcard features Swedish film actress, operetta singer, troubadour, director and composer; Naima Wifstrand. If that isn’t enough job titles, we must add that she played several supporting roles in the films of Ingmar Bergman. This photo is risque for it’s era. Note her headress and jewelry. Naima was born in Stockholm. She did not study acting until 1905, when she joined a leading Theatre company. She travelled with them for several years, playing smaller roles. She decided that she preferred singing and she became a famous and successful grand operetta star for 30 years in Sweden. She received her singing training at the Swedish Royal Academy of Music. She returned to acting in the 1940’s and became on of Sweden’s best supporting and character actresses on stage and film. The IMDb lists 63 credits in her filmography between 1927 and 1968. This card’s photographic image was taken by Ferd. Flodin in 1917. He operated a studio in Stockholm. This postcard is in very good condition (see scans).
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This Cabinet Card presents an attractive woman in a beautiful dress. She is wearing a “choker” necklace, a cross, and earrings. Note her somewhat unusual hairstyle and that she is wearing bangs. In addition, the woman in this portrait achieved an hour-glass type figure with an assist from a corset. A corset is a garment that was worn to mold a woman’s torso into a desired shape. Typically, corsets reduced the size of woman’s waist and exaggerated the size of their bust and hips. SOLD
This vintage lithographic postcard features a photo of Bill James Chevrolet Inc. The car dealership was located on 3721 South Grand, in St. Louis Missouri. Note the two Chevy signs and the sign advertising the “New Car Show Room and Sales Office”. Also note the parked station wagon, the Corvair, and the pickup truck. This postcard was produced in the 1960’s. (SOLD)
This carte de visite portrait features a pretty young woman. She is wearing a lace collar, earrings, and curls. She is identified by an accompanying note. Her name is “Nellie Smith”.She is posing for her portrait at the studio of E. S. Dunshee in Boston, Massachusetts. Photographer Edward Sidney Dunshee was born 1823 in Bristol, Vermont and died in 1907 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1857 he and Cornelius Dunshee (his father) were photographers in Falls River, MA. He produced ambrotypes and daguerrotypes there. He next operated out of New Bedford, MA. One of his New Bedford clients was Henry David Thoreau, who sat for a portrait in 1861. By 1873 he and Thomas Rice Burnham operated as Dunshee and Burnham in Boston, MA. Between 1873 and 1876 he and Edward Byron Dunshee were in business as E. S. Dunshee and Son and located on Tremont Row in Boston, MA. By 1880, Edward Sidney Dunshee had moved to Philadelphia and apparently, after some time, his son took over the business. It appears that E. S. Dunshee had his last studio in Trenton, New Jersey (1894-1901). This cdv is dated 1878. Dunshee’s photography resume is confusing because different sources offer slightly different histories. In addition, the fact that his father and son were photographers, further clouds the accuracy of his biographical material. Clearly some writers have confused and entangled each of the Dunshee’s life story. (SOLD)
A cute and smartly dressed little girl appears on this cabinet card by J. A. Gault and C. A. Lind at their studio in Marinette, Wisconsin. The child is wearing a large and interesting hat. There is no identifying information available about the child and little about the photographers except that C. A. Lind’s first name is Chris. The photograph was taken sometime during or after 1883. This cabinet card is in very good condition (see scans).
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This vintage real photo features a pretty young woman partially disrobed. She is wearing hoop earrings and a very long necklace. This postcard is risque for its era. Tasteful nude postcards were considered art during the time that this postcard was issued. The card was published by the French firm, P.C Paris as part of a series (No.2484). The P.C logo is an abbreviation for Papeteries d Levallois-Clichy. The firm published a variety of real photo postcard topics including portraits of pretty models, nudes, views, and holiday cards. The company was active in the 1920’s. (SOLD)
This cabinet card portrait is an image of a woman who is a member of the Salvation Army. The badge on her collar has the words “Salvation Asrmy” and she is uniformed in the traditional Salvation Army garb. The photographer is O. C. Burdick, of Minneapolis, Minnesota. This image is a wonderful addition to the growing collection of Salvation Army photographic portraits in the cabinet card gallery. Please visit the collection by clicking on the Salvation Army category of this site.
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This vintage real photo postcard is part of a series named “Les Plus Belles Femmes de France” (The Most Beautiful Women of France). This series is about the Provinces of France, and the model for this image represents La Sablaise. Note that the woman in this photograph is wearing a pretty smile. This postcard is no.13 in the series. There were a number of different series published. The Province series was one of the more popular series. The models in this series represent different French Provinces and wear traditional clothing from that particular area of the country. This postcard was published by well known photographer Alfred Noyer. The celebrated photographer supervised a large photo studio in Paris. The Noyer Studio operated from 1910 until the 1940’s. Many of the postcards he produced of women were nudes or risque images.The photographer of this postcard portrait is the Elmlinger studio. This vintage postcard is in good condition (see scans).
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