PORTRAIT OF A GIRL SCOUT : VINTAGE UNIFORM : PASSAIC, NEW JERSEY : RPPC 1910-1930

This vintage real photo postcard features a uniformed girl scout. She is adorable and appears to be in her teenage years. She was photographed by the Jack Adamoff studio in Passaic, New Jersey. The AZO stamp box indicates that the card was produced sometime between 1910 and 1930. This postcard is in very good condition (see scans).

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Published in: on October 9, 2023 at 12:00 pm  Leave a Comment  
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GOOD LOOKING GUY IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN DESPERATELY IN NEED OF A HAIR STYLIST

This photograph is a wonderful image of a very handsome man desperately in need of some hair styling assistance.  The photograph was produced by a prize winning photographer; Clarence M. Hayes (1863-?) of Detroit, Michigan. Hayes was educated in Ohio and began working in the field of photography in 1883 as an apprentice to an Ohio photographer. He arrived in Detroit in 1885 and established his own firm in 1891.  He became President of the National Association of Photographers in 1901 and he was a member of the Detroit Archeological Society, Masons, Knight of Templar and the Shriners.   SOLD

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TWO MEN AND A WALL: STREET FASHION : RPPC

This vintage real photo postcard features two men posed by an old wall. It is unclear whether the men are friends or family  This postcard is in good condition. Note that there is some wrinkling in parts of the top border of the card. The image itself is in very good condition. (see scans).

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PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN IN SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA

This cabinet card photograph captures a pretty young woman with an” interesting look”.  Her hair is styled  in a somewhat unusual manner. The photograph was taken by an unidentified photographer in Scranton, Pennsylvania.  SOLD

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HANDSOME MAN PORTRAIT : MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE : CABINET CARD

Meet Walter Burnham, who is posing for his portrait at the studio of Langley, in Manchester, New Hampshire. The studio was located at  780 Elm Street. Burnham has movie star looks and an interesting mustache which curls upward at each end. This cabinet card portrait has gold beveled edges. SOLD

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PORTRAIT OF AN ADORABLE LITTLE FRENCH GIRL : CIRCA 1920 : ROUEN, FRANCE : RPPC

This vintage real photo postcard features an adorable little girl dressed in ethnic / cultural costume. She is sitting on a concrete bench in front of a studio backdrop. The girl’s portrait was taken at the Grande Photographie Studio St Julien in the town of Rouen, France. This is a private postcard and it is likely one of a kind. (SOLD)

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PRETTY WOMAN AND BLACK LACE : CHICAGO, ILLINOIS : CABINET CARD

This cabinet card presents a pretty young woman posing for her portrait. She has curly hair and beautiful wide eyes. The photographer was John Kimball Stevens and his studio was located in the McVicker’s Theatre Building in Chicago, Illinois. An 1888 magazine advertisement for the studio states that one could buy 15 photographs, in three different styles, for the lowest price in town. That low price was three dollars. A 1905 advertisement indicates that the studio was established approximately 30 years earlier (1875) and by 1905 ha been taken over by Gibson, Sykes and Fowler. This cabinet card photograph is in fair condition (see scans).         

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PRETTY NUDE WOMAN : LONG BEADED NECKLACE : RISQUE : FLAPPER : CORONA

This vintage real photo features a pretty young woman in the nude. She is wearing a  very long “pearl” necklace. She has beautiful eyes. This postcard is risque for its era. Tastefully done nude postcards were considered art at the time this card was issued. The card was published by the French firm, Corona as part of a series (No.155). Corona was a publisher that operated in the 1920’s. They published many postcard nudes with blank backs. It is not known if they were photographers or just a reprinting company that produced photos taken by well known photographers of the time.  (SOLD)

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NAIMA WIFSTRAND : FASHION : RISQUE : SWEDISH SINGER & ACTRESS : INGMAR BERGMAN

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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PRETTY AND SHAPELY YOUNG WOMAN : ASSIST FROM A CORSET : BANGS : CABINET CARD

This Cabinet Card presents an attractive woman in a beautiful dress. She is wearing  a “choker” necklace, a cross, and  earrings. Note her somewhat unusual hairstyle and that she is wearing bangs. In addition, the woman in this portrait achieved an hour-glass type figure with an assist from a corset. A corset is a garment that was worn to mold a woman’s  torso into a desired shape. Typically, corsets reduced the size of woman’s waist and exaggerated the size of their bust and hips. SOLD

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