CONSTRUCTION WORKERS : WOOD SCAFFOLDING : OCCUPATIONAL: VINTAGE RPPC

This vintage real photo occupational postcard features a portrait of more than two dozen construction workers. Many of the men are standing on wooden scaffolding in front of the building. There are no hardhats seen in this industrious group. Their job is not the safest way to earn a living. The image itself is relatively crisp and clear. This postcard is in very good condition (see scans).

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PORTRAIT OF THREE MEN AND THREE BOTTLES OF ALCOHOL

Three well dressed men gather around a table to pose with, what appears to be, three bottles of wine and companion drinking glasses. It appears that these men have been engaged in, or are planning, some serious drinking. Note the terrific hats. The men and the photographic studio are not identified. The style of the cabinet card indicates that the photograph is likely of European origin. This cabinet card portrait is in good condition (see scans).

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ALEXANDRA CARLISLE : SHAKESPEARE : BROADWAY : SUFFRAGETTE : COOLIDGE NOMINATOR

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Postcard 1 features pretty stage and film actress Alexandra Carlisle (1886-1936). She is wearing a feathered hat and a sullen expression. Carlisle was an English actress as well as a suffragest. She was born in England. In 1903 she performed in two Shakespearian productions. In 1908, she performed the lead role in “The Mollusc” at the Garrick Theatre. IN 1908 she appeared in two productions of Shakespeare plays produced by Herbert Beerbohm Tree. In 1911, she acted in a Royal Command Performance for King George V and the Emperor and Empress of Germany. In 1912, she married for the third time. Her new husband was a dental surgeon from the US and in 1915 she settled there. She quickly became a noted speaker for women’s suffrage and for the Republican Party. In 1920, she directed a show for Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Club. Also in 1920, she was the main speaker for Massachusetts at the Republican Convention and she seconded the nomination of Calvin Coolidge for Vice President. Carlisle performed in two films (1917,1934). She was an active Broadway performer; performing in 17 Broadway productions between 1908 and 1936. The writer of this postcard mentions Miss Carlisle. She states that “we saw A. C. in Earl of Pawtucket”. This postcard was published by Rotary Photo as part of a series (no. 4073 H). Carlisle’s phototgraph was taken by Dover Street Studios. The postcard is postmarked 1907 and has a British stamp. (SOLD)

Postcard 2 also features pretty stage and film actress Alexandra Carlisle. She is wearing a hair ornament and a half smile. This postcard was published by Aristophot as part of a series (no.E1556). Carlisle’s photograph was taken by Dover Street Studios. The postcard is unused, hand tinted, and is of the embossed style. This postcard is beautifully colored and in very good condition.  (SOLD)

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TWO BATHING BEAUTIES : RISQUE : ROW BOAT : PHOTO BY HENRY TRAUT : RPPC

This vintage real photo postcard features two smiling bathing beauties posing outside a beach cabana. This photograph is risque for it’s era. This image was produced by the studio of the esteemed photographer, Henry (Heinrich) Traut. The postcard was published by Rotophot Berlin (RPH). Rotophot eventually morphed into Ross Verlag.  (SOLD)

ADORABLE DOG SITTING ON A FENCE : JACK RUSSELL TERRIER NAMED SPOT : RPPC

This vintage real photo postcard features an adorable Jack Russell terrier. The dog may be a different breed, or even a mixed breed, but certainly has the appearance of a Jack Russell terrier. Writing on the reverse of the card reveals that the dog’s name is “Spot” and that the dog belongs to someone named “Tom”. This postcard was printed in Great Britain and the photo of the dog is by Horace Dudley. (SOLD)

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TWO AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN : PHOTO STUDIO BACK DROP : VINTAGE PHOTOGRAPH

This vintage photograph features two African American men posting at an unidentified studio. Note the backdrop behind them. The men are well-dressed and both are wearing hats. The photograph measures about 3 x 5 inches.  (SOLD)

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BEAUTIFUL WOMAN HOLDING PAPERS IN HIBBING OR EVELETH, MINNESOTA

The subject of this photograph is a very pretty woman, stylishly dressed and wearing a flowered hat at the photographic studio of A. M. Turnquist, located in either Hibbing or Eveleth, Minnesota. The woman appears quite natural and relaxed as she sits at a table with a potted plant in the background. What are those papers that she is holding? Is it possibly a script for a play, a magazine, or divorce documents? The answer is lost to time. A. M. Turnquist is more specifically, Axel M. Turnquist who was born in Sweden, and trained in photography in Duluth, Minnesota. He operated photographic studios in many Minnesota towns including Tower, Virginia, Eveleth, Hibbing, and Aurora. He worked as a photographer form the 1880’s through 1923. To view other photographs by Turnquist, click on category “Photographer: Turnquist”.   (SOLD)

SENORITA STELLA DE CARCANO : DAUGHTER OF THE ARGENTINIAN AMBASSADOR TO BRITAIN

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These vintage press photographs feature Senorita Stella de Carcano y Morra, the eldest daughter of Dr. Miguel Angel Carcano and Senora Stella de Morra de Carcano. Dr Carcano was the Argentinian Ambassador to Great Britain. Stella was quite pretty. Stella’s younger sister, Ana Inez “Chiquita” Carcano y Morra, married John Jacob Astor VII, just months before this photo was taken. This photo was taken in 1945. In 1946, Stella married William Ward, 4th Earl of Dudley. They were divorced in 1961.This photograph was taken by esteemed photographer Yvonne Gregory (1889-1970) who was based in London. Gregory was married to another prominent photographer, Bertram Park.  (BOTH SOLD)

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YOUNG WOMAN WITH SMILING EYES : NEW YORK CITY : CABINET CARD

A pretty young lady poses for her portrait at New York City’s Bostwick studio. The woman has a wonderful smile accompanied by “smiling eyes”.  Advertising on the reverse of this cabinet card reveals that Bostwick’s studio was located between 8th and 9th Streets in New York City. The ad also notes that the studio was established in 1867. James Alba Bostwick was born in 1846 or 1848 in Livonia, New York. At one point in his photography career he was a partner in a firm named Bostwick and Bancker. A collection of Bostwick’s work is owned by the University of New Hampshire’s library. In 1927 Bostwick died in Brooklyn, New York.  He was 79 years of age at the time of his death. (SOLD)

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FORT BRAGG : MACHINE GUN TRAINING : U.S. ARMY : SIGNAL CORPS

This linen lithographic postcard features a group of U.S. soldiers taking part in Machine Gun Training at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The photo on the card was taken by the U.S. Army Signal Corps. The card was published by Curteich which was located in Chicago, Illinois. The “Carolina News Company” (Fayetteville, NC) was the distributor of this postcard. (SOLD) 

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