This vintage folder photograph features a portrait of a young pretty Red Cross nurse. Note her detailed uniform. She was photographed by the Canan Studio in Brainerd, Minnesota. The photographer was Marie Ann Canan (1869-1944), a female photographer in Brainerd for many years. She operated a studio at 209 1/2 South Seventh Street (1901-1902) and at 616 1/2 Front Street (1905-1925). Both of these studios were in Brainerd. Female photographers were the exception, not the rule, during the time this photograph was taken. SOLD
This vintage real photo postcard features a view of the Jesse James Cafe in Northfield, Minnesota. Note the cafe’s sign below the three windows on the buildings second floor. There are also advertising signs evident for a chiropractor and for a barber shop. There is some interesting history attached to the cafe’s building. The building used to house the First Bank of Northfield which was involved in the historic “The Great Northfield, Minnesota Raid”. In 1876, Northfield was a growing Southern Minnesota community. That same year, First Bank of Northfield, became of interest to the notorious gang of bank and train robbers, The James-Younger Gang consisted of Jesse and Frank James; Bob, Jim and Cole Younger, and three others. The robbers rode into Northfield and three of the gang members entered the bank and began the hold-up. Bank employees told them that the safe was locked and could not be opened. When a merchant witnessed the robbery in progress, he warned fellow citizens to arm themselves and fight to stave off the robbers. Gang members outside the bank began to fire their pistols and told the citizens to leave the area. After the ensuing gun fight, two robbers were killed and two were wounded. In addition, the bank cashier was killed when he refused to open the vault. Six of the robbers fled after the failed raid. After some time, the three Younger brothers were captured and another robber was killed in a gun battle. Ultimately, Jesse James (1842-1882) was killed by one of his new recruit gang members. He was killed while standing on a chair dusting off a picture. James was unarmed. His killer was motivated by a reward offered by the Governor of Missouri. This vintage postcard has a 1939 postmark from Northfield, Minnesota. SOLD
This vintage real photo postcard honors a Japanese school principal celebrating his tenth anniversary of employment at an Agricultural school in Kato, Japan. The city of Kato is in the Chiba Prefecture. A printed stamp on the reverse of the card indicates that it was published in 1910. SOLD
This vintage postcard features a pretty young woman with lots of flowers. She is wearing a few of these flowers in her hair. Note the detail of the flowers. The dark haired postcard model has a woderful smile. This postcard was published by NPG (“Neue Photographische Gesellschaft” as part of a series (No.1622). The postcard is in very good condition (see scans).
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This vintage real photo postcard is a group photo of a bride and groom, as well as, many of their guests at the wedding. The wedding attendees are well dressed and many are interesting looking. This photograph was taken at a Bulgarian wedding. Note that some of the guests are wearing traditional garb. The bride is wearing a matronly looking wedding gown. One man, positioned at the center right of the photograph is holding a rabbit. Have you ever heard of a rabbit crashing a wedding? SOLD
This vintage photograph features American stage and film actress, Kathleen Clifford (1887-1962). The IMDb credits her with 14 film credits between 1917 and 1932. She is known for “Richard the Lion-Hearted (1923)”, When the Clouds Roll by (1919)”, and “Who is Number One? (1917)”. She often played leading roles in her films for Paramount. During her film career, she worked alongside Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Betty Compson, and Wallace Beery. She appeared on the Broadway stage six times between 1909 and 1916. Clifford was famous as a Vaudeville comedienne and male impersonator. She was billed as “The Smartest Chap in Town”. At one point in her vaudeville career, she worked as a duo with female impersonator, Bothwell Browne. Like many movie performers, she left acting with the advent of sound films. During the early years of World War I, she served as a Red Cross Nurse with the British Army in France. Upon retirement, she became a business woman and owned “Broadway Florist” in Hollywood. Clifford also wrote a novel about her time in Hollywood. She was married to Miomir Peter Illitch for over 35 years. He was a banker. This original photographic portrait of Kathleen Clifford was taken by a highly talented and esteemed American photographer, Fred Hartsook (1876-1930). He owned a California studio chain that, at that time, was considered to be the largest photographic business in the world. His celebrity clients included President Woodrow Wilson, Henry Ford, Mary Pickford, and Charles Lindbergh. He also owned a resort and two ranches in Southern California where he raised Holstein cattle. He was married to Bess Hesby, queen of the San Francisco Pan-Pacific Exposition of 1915. SOLD
This vintage real photo postcard features a pretty young woman looking intently at the camera. She appears to be a flapper. The postcard portrait is done in an art deco style. The young woman has beautiful eyes. This postcard was published by Clio as part of a series (No.1020). The card is dated 1910. My research discovered a nearly identical image in another postcard. That postcard was color tinted and and the caption under the models photograph stated “Happy New Year” in Dutch. SOLD
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
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
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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