This vintage real photo postcard features an attractive young woman wearing some sort of costume. She appears to be a performer. She is wearing a white wig with an “elevated bow”. This postcard is hand color tinted. The postcard was published by Neue Photographische Gesellschaft (NPG) which was located in Berlin and Stuttgart, Germany.The company was in business between 1894 and 1948. It was founded by Arthur Black (1862-1943) and it became one of the most well known and largest companies involved in the production of postcards.This postcard is an Oranotypie. An oranotype is a trade name for a type of glossy real photo postcard published by NPG at the beginning of the 20th century. The postcard has a French stamp and the card was postmarked in 1908. SOLD
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