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 is a family portrait of a nicely dressed young couple and their baby. Mom and dad are wearing flowers and mom appears to be holding a cane or umbrella. The photograph was produced by the Flodin & Thyberg Photographic Art Studio in Worcester, Massachusetts. The photograph is dated 1889. Photographer, Ferdinand Flodin was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1863.He came to America in 1883 and studied photography in Boston with a well known photographer named Ernest Ritz. He then studied under renowned Boston photographer, William Notman. He moved to Worcester in 1887 and partnered with August Thyberg in opening a gallery. After a time, Thyberg withdrew from the business. Flodin was a very productive writer. He had several articles published in photography journals. He also wrote an illustrated book on Sweden. In addition, he wrote an article which appeared in “Photographic Mosaics: Annual Record of Photographic Progress” (1895). The article was entitled “Our Reception-Room Showcase”. The Wilson Photographic Magazine (1903) reported that Flodin returned to Sweden in 1898 and operated a studio in Stockholm. The magazine article includes some excellent photographs of the Swedish gallery. August Thyberg was born in Sweden in 1863. He immigrated to the United States in 1884. His wife, Alma, was also Swedish. The United States census provides further information about Thyberg. In 1900, he was living in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and working as a merchant. In 1910, he lived in Springfield, Massachusetts and worked as a blacksmith. In 1920, he lived in Minneapolis and owned a shoe business. The 1930 census finds Thyberg retired in Minneapolis. It is safe to say, that unlike his one-time partner, Flodin; Thyberg had a difficult time sticking to an occupation. To view more photographs by this studio, click on the category “Photographer: Flodin & Thyberg. (SOLD)
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