NORTHPORT YACHT CLUB & HARBOR : LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK : RPPC

This vintage linen postcard features a pretty view of the Northport Yacht Club and Northport Harbor. Northport is located on the Northshore of Long Island. The town is at the edge of the Long Island Sound. Connecticut can be seen on the other side of the Sound. Note the wooden boats in the background. The Northport Yacht Club was established in 1899. It was located on Bayview Avenue. The club was established by a group of affluent men who worked in New York City but had second homes in the Northport area. Just a few weeks later a second yacht club, the Independent Yacht Club, was established on Woodbine Avenue. This club was launched for and by the local townspeople. In 1927, the Independent Yacht Club changed it’s name to the Northport Yacht Club. This club closed in 1944 and was replaced by the Edgewater Yacht Club in 1945. The club had no building until 1948. In 1952 the Edgewater club changed it’s name to the Northport Yacht Club. The building seen in this postcard photo is the Northport Yacht Club (formerly the Independent Yacht Club) located on Woodbine Avenue. This card was published by the Tomlin Art Company (Babylon, New York).  SOLD

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FASHIONABLE WOMAN : EMBROIDERED DRESS : GIANT FEATHERED HAT : RPPC (1907 – 1917)

This vintage real photo postcard features a fashionable woman. She is wearing a large hat. There is embroidery at the bottom of her dress. Her hand rests on a antique chair. This portrait postcard has a “Velox” stamp box indicating that it originates from between 1907 and 1917. This portrait postcard is in very good condition.  (See Scans). SOLD

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ELEANOR HOLM : GOLD MEDAL SWIMMER : EXPELLED FROM 1936 OLYMPICS : PRESS PHOTO

This vintage press photo (1936) features Eleanor Holm (1913-2004), an accomplished American swimmer and Olympian. She participated in the 1928 and 1932 Olympics. In 1932 she won a gold medal in the backstroke. She was selected to the 1936 Olympic team but was expelled from the team by Avery Brundage, President of the American Olympic Committee. On the way to the Olympics, Eleanor attended a drinking party aboard the ship that was taking her and her fellow athletes to Europe. Apparently she drank way too much. The team doctor found her in a near coma state. She also had been rude to a team chaperone. There were a number of charges; Eleanor did not deny them. Later in time, she stated that Brundage had a grudge against her because she had rejected him after he propositioned her. She ended up watching the swim events from the stands. Eleanor appears to have liked the limelight. In 1932, shortly after the Olympics, she had screen tests at a number of Hollywood’s major studios. That same year, she was named a WAMPAS baby star in the same class as Ginger Rogers. One of her first jobs with Warner Brothers involved barnstorming the country supporting both the movie “42nd Street” as well as the newly elected president, Franklin Roosevelt. In 1933 she married Art Jarrett (pictured in this photo), a singer and bandleader at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub. Holm appeared in four films playing herself and in one feature film, “Tarzan’s Revenge” (1938). Holm’s husband divorced her in 1938 1938. He stated he was humiliated by Holm’s expulsion from the Olympics as well as her having an affair. Holm married impresario Billy Rose in 1939. He had just divorced Fanny Brice. Also in 1939, Holm performed in Rose’s “Acquacade” at the World’s Fair. Holm’s marriage to Rose ended in 1954 in divorce. The divorce trial was sensational and was labelled “The War of the Roses”. Some months post divorce, Holm married again. Her new husband was an oil executive.  SOLD

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ADORABLE YOUNG GIRLS : BATHING SUITS & CAPS : BEACH HAVEN, NEW JERSEY : RPPC

This vintage real photo postcard features two young girls wearing bathing suits, posing for their portrait at a beach community photo studio. The Engleside studio was located in Beach Haven on Long Beach Island. The town borders the Atlantic Ocean. The AZO stamp box indicates that the photo was taken sometime between 1904 and 1918.  SOLD

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A TOPLESS EDMONDE GUY AND E. VAN DUREN : DANCERS : RISQUE : GREYHOUNDS : RPPC

This rare risque vintage real photo postcard features famous European dance partners, Edmonde Guy (1903-1951) and Ernst Van Duren (?-1930). The pair are flanked by three regal looking greyhounds. If you look closely, you will see the dogs are leashed. Edmonde Guy was a French dancer and film actress. She also was a model for paintings by Dutch artist, Kees Van Dongen. In 1921 she and Van Duren formed a dance partnership. They performed both in Europe and the United States. In 1926, they were hired by Florenz Ziegfeld for his “Palm Beach Follies”. Guy and Van Duren were famous for their daring outfits and erotic performances. Evidence of their “steamy” work can be seen via this postcard image. Guy is wearing a sheer top, but she is virtually topless. Not much is known about Van Duren. One newspaper reported that he was Hungarian but his family was originally from the Netherlands. Besides being a dancer, he also acted. His first film role was in a French silent film in 1923. He played minor roles in a few films but his break out role was in a circus film called “Manege” (1928). He then starred in a film with Edmonde Guy, with the title “Princesse Mandane” (1928). In 1930, Van Duren committed suicide. There were rumors his self destruction was caused by the end of his relationship with Edmonde. However, some writers believe his suicide was related to his relationship with American dancer, Jack Forrest. This French postcard was published by J.R.P.R. and the photographer of the two dancers was G. L. Manuel Bros. SOLD

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BROTHER AND SISTER AND THEIR PHOTOGENIC DACHSHUND IN QUAKENBRUCK, GERMANY

A young boy and girl pose for their photographic portrait at the studio of Wilhelm Graf in Quakenbruck, Germany. The two children are most likely siblings and they are posed with their pet dachshund, sitting nobly on a side table. The children are nicely dressed. Quakenbruck is located in the Lower Saxony section of Germany.  SOLD

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WOMAN WEARING BIG BIZARRE DECORATIVE HAT : GOULLEY STUDIO : PARIS, FRANCE : RPPC

This vintage real photo postcard features a portrait of a young woman wearing a large, bizarre, decorative hat. This is a studio photo and likely one of a kind. The photograph was taken by the Goulley studio in Paris, France. SOLD

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VINTAGE BASEBALL TEAM PHOTOGRAPH : THE COMETS : ANTIQUE AUTOMOBILE :OLD UNIFORMS

This vintage real photo postcard features a men’s Baseball team. The players are uniformed and the name of the team is the “Comets”. It is unknown whether the team represents a school or college or even a semi-pro team. The photograph also includes non uniformed older men who presumably are coaches. Note the houses and the antique car in the background. The driver of the car is looking out the car window at the photographer. SOLD

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TWO AFFECTIONATE MEN IN WESTERN UNION UNIFORMS (SWEET IMAGE)

This vintage real photo postcard is special on a number of accounts. First, the photographer did an amazing job of capturing the affection between the two men in the photograph. Second, this is an excellent occupational photo. Both men are wearing Western Union uniforms. Their hats have the emblem of the Western Union company and the initials “WU” appear on the upper sleeve of the uniform. Note the pen in the seated gentleman’s pocket as well as the pants band below the knee of the standing man.  The probable purpose of the band is to keep one’s pants leg in place so that they do not get entangled in the spokes of bicycles that are used for delivering messages. A third factor making this card special is that it was produced in a photographers studio; and not mass produced. Finally, the photographer of this image was very talented, and produced an overall wonderful photograph. Sorry for the editorializing. I don’t usually gush about the postcards that I sell.  SOLD

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PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG WOMAN : FASHIONABLE : BUFFALO, NEW YORK : CABINET CARD

This cabinet card portrait features a pleasant looking young woman. She is fashionable in her lace blouse. She is displaying a half smile. Note her jewelry. She is wearing a collar pin and a locket. She also is wearing hair jewelry that appears to be a fillagree sword. This young woman’s photograph was taken by the Tomlinson studio in Buffalo, New York. The cabinet card is in good condition (see scans).

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