TRIPLETS : IDENTIFIED YOUNG GIRLS RECEIVING FIRST COMMUNION : FRENCH RPPC : 1913

This vintage real photo postcard features three adorable young girls posed for a religious ceremony, probably their first communion. They are beautifully dressed for their special day. Their dresses are identical. These girls are likely triplets. They are identified on the reverse of the postcard. The girl in the center is holding rosary beads. All three of the children are wearing necklaces. This postcard has the photographers stamp on it’s reverse. The stamp reveals that the photograph was taken at a private studio in Paris, France. The photo was taken at the Groysillier studio.    SOLD

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FOUR BEAUTIFUL SIBLINGS IN COBLENZ, GERMANY

Four beautiful children pose for their portrait in Coblenz, Germany. It is likely that the children are siblings. The three girls are wearing bows in their pretty long hair. The boy is wearing a nautical outfit. The photograph is by A. Graeb of Coblenz, Germany. Coblenz is a city situated on both banks of the Rhine River.  (SOLD)

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THREE EGYPTIAN SHOESHINE BOYS : EGYPTOLOGY : ETHNOGRAPHY : RPPC

This photogravure vintage postcard features a portrait of three Egyptian shoeshine boys resting. The children have their shoeblack kits in front of them. The wood boxes hold the tools of their trade. The postcard was published by the celebrated ethnographic photography firm, Lehnert & Landrock as part of a series (No.7085). The company was located in Cairo Egypt. Rudolf Franz Lehnert (1878-1948) & Ernst Heinrich Landrock (1878-1966) were the principals of the firm. Lehnert was of German origin, while Landrock was from Bohemia. The pair met in Switzerland and decided to go into business together. Lehnert was the photographer and Landrock was the administrator. Landrock organized trips, managed the photo studio and photo production, and marketed the photographs and prints. They were photographers in Tunis and in Egypt, They also opened studios in Munich (Germany) and Leipzig (Germany).  They produced many photographs from Egypt and Tunisia. Their first studio was in Tunis. They photographed monuments and sites in those countries, but were most known for their erotic images of Arab women, often posing in harem themes. Sometimes the photographers seemed more concerned about producing erotic photographs rather than documenting everyday life in these Middle Eastern countries. Lehnert and Landrock were well acclaimed for their work and the duo have images in a number of museums, including Philadelphia’s Penn Museum an the Musee de l’elysee in Lausanne, Switzerland.  SOLD

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TWO YOUNG BROTHERS : ROCKING HORSE : TOYS : RPPC

This vintage real photo postcard features two well dressed and adorable siblings and their rocking horse. The youngest child is sitting in the saddle. Note the detail of the horse. The toy horse also has a harness and reins. This likely one-of-a-kind photo postcard was made by a private studio.  SOLD

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PORTRAIT OF AN ADORABLE LITTLE GIRL : TWO LARGE DOLLS : GIANT EGG : RPPC

This vintage real photo postcard features an adorable little girl accompanied by her two large and well dressed dolls. The little girl has a nice smile. This postcard was published by C.L.C. (Charles L’Hopital et Cie”)  a firm founded in Paris. The company used it’s initials for credit and also had an anchor logo. The firm operated between 1905 and 1909.  SOLD

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A LITTLE GIRL AND HER DOG ON A BRICK WALL : RETRIEVER : PLAYMATES : RPPC : 1920

This vintage real photo postcard features an adorable little girl sitting on a high brick wall. Her dog has its front paws on the wall and its back feet on top of a dog house. The dog has a long metal chain. I believe the dog is some sort of Retriever. The caption below the image says “Playmates”. Indeed, they were. This postcard was published by W & K of London, England. It is part of a series (No.253). The card has a British stamp and a postmark from 1920. SOLD

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PRETTY TEENAGE GIRL : LONG HAIR : CHECKERED BLOUSE AND COLLAR PIN : CYKO : RPPC

This vintage real photo postcard features a pretty young teenage woman posing for her portrait. The teenager is beautifully dressed. She is wearing a checkered blouse with a collar pin. There is black fabric under the pin. Is she in mourning? The color of her blouse blends in perfectly with the color of the background of the photograph. This card has a Cyko stamp box indicating that the postcard  was made by a private studio sometime between 1904 and 1920.  SOLD

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HANDSOME SAILOR : NAVY UNIFORM : WEARING A MEDAL : HULL, ENGLAND : CABINET CARD

This cabinet card portrait features a young and handsome naval sailor in uniform. He is wearing a medal on his jacket. He is likely a British sailor but that is only a hypothesis. This navy man was photographed by the Barry studio, located in Hull, England. The print advertising the studio, seen under the image, is in gold leaf style. This cabinet card photograph is in very good condition (see scans).  ADDENDUM:  A current resident of Hull has advised me that the young man in this photograph is not a sailor, but in fact, he is a schoolboy who attended the Trinity House Nautical School in Hull. The medal is some form of commemorative or school medal. I was also informed that this photo dates back to circa 1890-1900.

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ADORABLE DARK HAIRED GIRL AND HER EXQUISITE DOLL IN PAULDING, OHIO

This photograph captures an adorable dark skinned girl with ringlet curls posing with her large doll. The little girl and the doll are well dressed. The child is wearing a cute patterned paisley dress. The amount of detail seen on the doll’s facial features is terrific, as is the little girl’s smile. The girl is dark complected. Many cabinet card sellers would advertise this image as being a photograph of a Native American, Black, or Hispanic little girl. Obviously, there is no way to know the ethnic origin of this little girl but unscrupulous sellers would have no problem advertising a possibility as a certainty. Collectors of antique photographs must beware of such practices within the hobby. The photographer is the Armstrong studio in Paulding, Ohio.  SOLD

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NELLIE AND MINNIE MAUS POSE FOR THEIR PORTRAIT IN LAKE ODESSA, MICHIGAN (MICKEY COULD NOT POSE DUE TO CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS WITH THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY)

 

Meet Nellie and Minnie Maus as they pose for their portrait at the studio of S. D. Joy in Lake Odessa, Michigan. It is uncertain which of these children is Nellie and which is Minnie because the person who wrote their names on the back of the photograph failed to include their ages or other identifying information. The baby in this image is sitting in a very ornate pram. To view other turn of the century  baby carriages, click on the category “Baby Carriages”.  Unfortnately, Mickey Maus was unavailable when this cabinet card was produced. One can only assume that he was in California for a movie shoot or else he was bound by contractual obligations to not appear in any photographs except those published by the Walt Disney Company. Unfortunately, no biographical information about the Maus girls could be uncovered. The photographer, Sherman D. Joy appears in the 1930 census where he is listed as a 62 year-old photographer. He was married to Etta V. Joy. This cabinet card portrait is in very good condition (see scans).

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