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Red Poulainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08397410594184661002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417189745478527773.post-10005716158943632032015-09-21T15:08:00.000-07:002015-09-21T15:23:23.732-07:00Lucy Gérard: Stage Actress of La Belle Époque FranceThis week's featured cards feature Lucy Gerard (sometimes spelled Lucie Gérard). Born Marie-Louise Philiberte Lucy Gérard in Lyon, France, 1872, Lucy Gérard was a popular stage actress of Belle Époque France. Unfortunately, we know very little about her, except that in the first decade of the 20th century in France she was a great beauty, and her stage performances were very popular.<br />
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In the following image, she is framed by an Art Nouveau illustration designed to leave room for the sender's message. Post cards of this type fall under the category of what French collectors call a <i>précurseur</i>, a
card made before the back sides were divided to allow for written
communication. Prior to 1904, when the backs of these cards were
undivided as this one was, only the recipient's address was allowed on
the back side, and often short letters were written on the image side
instead. Discovering this, publishers produced picture postcards with
small images, often highly decorative, and allowing lots of space for
written communication.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/248856952/lucy-gerard-stage-actress-by-reutlinger" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/103/0/5904540/il_fullxfull.836865615_qkn8.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/248856952/lucy-gerard-stage-actress-by-reutlinger" target="_blank">Lucy Gérard, Stage Actress, by Reutlinger, in Art Nouveau Border, circa 1900 (unposted)</a></td></tr>
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One of her most famous roles was that of Fanny Essler, or Elssler, an Austrian Ballerina who in the play "l'Aiglon," by Edmond Rostand, was the love interest of Napoleon II. The role of Napoleon II, by the way, was played by the great Sarah Bernhardt. In fact, Rostand wrote the part specifically for her. The play was a huge success, and became one of Sarah Bernhardt's favorites. Playing the romantic lead opposite Bernhardt must have been quite a coup, and this postcard image, the one we find most often of Mlle. Gérard, is of her costumed for that role.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/248852240/lucy-gerard-as-fanny-elssler-in-rostands" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/101/0/5904540/il_fullxfull.836843957_m1y7.jpg" width="412" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/248852240/lucy-gerard-as-fanny-elssler-in-rostands" target="_blank">Lucy Gérard, by Reutlinger, as Fanny Elssler in Rostand's "l'Aigon," circa 1900 (unposted)</a></td></tr>
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The hand-coloring on the following portrait is particularly lovely. Note that the date 9/9 1906 is written in the bottom left corner of both the face and the reverse, and the card was posted in 1906. We have not attempted a translation of the message, but we do see the word <i>souvenir</i>, which is the French word for memory, so we believe it's quite possible that this card was sent as a remembrance, by Clarion to Mlle. Ninon Peyran at the Chateau St. Charles, of a special evening at the theater during which Gerard performed.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/248728293/lucy-gerard-french-actress-circa-1906-by" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://img0.etsystatic.com/101/0/5904540/il_fullxfull.836938096_10t0.jpg" width="412" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/248728293/lucy-gerard-french-actress-circa-1906-by" target="_blank">Lucy Gérard. French Actress, circa 1906 by Leopold Reutlinger</a></td></tr>
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The following image is a very nice example of the sort of photo-montage Leopold Reutlinger is so
well known for. Here we have famed stage actress Lucy Gérard
superimposed onto an image of the Bordeaux Amphitheater. Also known as
the Palais Gallien, it is surrounded by the cobbled streets of what was
once known as Burdigala. Burdigala once may have been the capital
of the ancient Roman province Gallia Aquitaina during the reign of the
emperor Augustus. The amphitheater once held up to 15,000 spectators.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/248754471/lucy-gerard-belle-epoque-actress" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://img1.etsystatic.com/101/0/5904540/il_fullxfull.836875913_dddo.jpg" width="414" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/248754471/lucy-gerard-belle-epoque-actress" target="_blank">Lucy Gérard, Belle Epoque Actress, Bordeaux Amphitheater, circa 1900 (unposted)</a></td></tr>
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Mlle. Gérard passed away in 1941. We feel a little sad when we think
about it, how she was born into a world of horses and carriages,
experienced France in one of its most glorious periods, Paris, in one of
its most glamorous and hopeful, and then to have died at a time when
her world had so dramatically changed, into one of machines and
motorcars, with her country occupied by Hitler's forces, no end in
sight, and not living long enough to experience the liberation...okay,
snap out of it Red :)Red Poulainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08397410594184661002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417189745478527773.post-89353508525231469702015-09-05T22:15:00.001-07:002015-09-05T22:15:51.721-07:00Mia May, German Silent Film Star, circa 1910s/20s by Ross Verlag<img src='https://img0.etsystatic.com/100/1/5904540/il_fullxfull.829192024_l96g.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Prozega, Croatia (what was then Yugoslavia), a small Eastern European
city whose history stretches back a thousand, or so, years.<br />
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There
was a C. Wollner there, making photographic portraits on cartes de
visites in the late 19th century, and quite possibly this is the same
Wollner, or another member of the family, the name of the studio having
changed over time from C. Wollner, to Atelier (workshop, or studio)
Wollner, as additional family members, or business partners joined in.</div>
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Was
the photographer a man or a woman? We don't know, but it might surprise
you to find out just how many photographic studios were actually
operated by women. According to an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_photography" target="_blank">article we found on Wikipedia</a>, prior
to World War II in Vienna, Austria, most of the photo studios were in
fact operated by women, and most of these were Jewish women! This
implies that at least 25% of photo studios in Vienna at that time were
operated by Jewish women. Why does this matter? Because it gives us a
valuable perspective on the images we love.<br />
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Way back in the
1850s, in the early days of photography, both women, and Jews, flocked
to the profession. Let's remember that in those days, society placed all
kinds of roadblocks in the path of those two groups of people (among
others, of course), limiting their potential involvement in industry,
business, and the arts. But photography was new! It was not broadly
accepted in the well established arts community, and so there were no
centuries-old guilds that had established rules (often legislated)
restricting the professional participation of people who were so often
limited in their choices of work and creative expression.<br />
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These
opportunities carried forward into the 20th century, and into the
publication of picture postcards, where all across Europe, and in the
USA as well, a very large percentage of the people involved with the
cards we sell were Jewish, and a much larger percentage than we might
have imagined, women.<br />
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The Wollners of Prozega, for example, were
probably Jewish. We know of at least one, an Else Wollner, born in 1902,
who was a Jew, and who was murdered while in her early forties, by the
fascists at Auschwitz in 1944. Many members of the Wollner family
(unnamed in the records we accessed) perished in the holocaust, though
we were unable to find any records concerning a C. Wollner, or a Wollner
who was a photographer.<br />
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We apologize for letting some of the
dark into this listing. We honestly feel that our images are not merely
flat photographic prints, but that they live in a way, and are imbued
with their original environment and with the life experiences, not only
of their subjects, but of their makers too. So, knowing a little more
about these ephemeral elements of their make up helps to round out, and
add depth, lending, for example, a poignance to this wonderful image
that takes us back to what was still a kinder time, filled with the joy
of this group of lovely young ladies, taking pleasure in what was
perhaps a recent, and triumphant performance. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07237626810464426460noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417189745478527773.post-88440767471632754882015-06-18T20:10:00.001-07:002015-06-20T18:02:32.693-07:00Calling Forth the Spirits of the Old Trees. French RPPC, circa 1910sJournal Entry, May 6th, 1917 (Alternate Universe A-79/B4)<br />
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"The streets are empty now. Any human beings remaining in the towns and cities shelter like me, amidst the corpses, the bones, of human industry.<br />
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Its flesh, composed of window-glass and roof shingles, paving stones, all of it returns now to the earth. Those few people who remain, they will be gone soon like the rest, herded, like obedient cattle that follow a scattering of mown hay, into one of the borderlands the Fair have prepared for us.<br />
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<br />
There is something in the air
that has caused all objects made of iron or steel to oxidize
dramatically over these past few months. The machines and weaponry in
which we had invested so much confidence and treasure, decompose into
powder at the barest touch.<br />
<br />
And the ancient forests are returning
so quickly. Growing at the pace of a year in a single day, the great
trees push through once level floors, weakening foundations, slowly
scattering walls, rooftops, entire buildings, into so much rubble. <br />
<br />
This
broken dross of what was our civilization is so quickly overgrown by
ivy and thistles, wildflowers, raspberry canes and the like, that entire
city-scapes disappear in a matter of weeks, retained now only in
memory. And one begins to question memory, as if the tangled ivy growing
everywhere has forced its tendrils into our skulls, strangling thought.<br />
<br />
The
rats are leaving too, now that we, their benefactors, have gone. Wolves
and foxes roam the cities. They pose no danger to us. In fact, they
ignore us, as if we represent not even a footnote on a page of this
world's history, and are no longer of consequence, not even as food. <br />
<br />
They
treat us much as the Fair did when they first returned, appearing
suddenly from amidst the trees and brambles of tame woods and copses.
They did not even meet our eyes as they went about their business. So
graceful, like deer at a meadow stream, so terrible and unstoppable,
ever in bands of eight, gathering to dance, and to sing the forest back.
They filled the air with magic so thick it closed the throat as we
looked on, powerless, gasping our sudden, amazed breaths.<br />
<br />
It was
the war between the great nations, I think, that roused them. That
mindless, bitter, conflict seemed certain to rain the blood of our
children down upon us all. It was as if the First People, the Fair Folk,
knew the world had finally endured enough of us. How certain of
ourselves we were, of our place, our primacy, our gods. We are cast out
now. I cannot even remember what it felt like then, what it meant to
feel that I belonged, that this world was mine."<br />
<br />
Now you tell one :)<br />
<br />
A
really remarkable image, contrasting a stark, empty, perhaps industrial
landscape with this lovely, fragile, and yet strong, circle of young
dancers.<br />
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It is unfortunate that the printer offset the image on
the printing paper by a bit. You will notice, by looking at the back of
the card, that it was not poorly trimmed, just misprinted by a little.
And speaking of the printer, an interesting point! This card was printed
in "Angleterre," England. This is interesting because so much photo
printing was done in Germany, the European center of that industry
during the early years of the photo image postcard, so it seems very
likely that this photograph was taken by Monsieur, or Mme., Breuly in
France, but sent for printing in England. Why? Because this was probably
during the great war, WWI, during which so much of Germany's industry
which had depended on trade with countries that were now its enemies,
either lay idle, or was diverted to the war effort. And, of course, this
clue allows us to date this precious gem with reasonable accuracy, to
sometime in the mid, to late, 1910s.Red Poulainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08397410594184661002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417189745478527773.post-6423559254020087962015-06-18T15:45:00.001-07:002015-06-18T15:45:51.767-07:00Dancer and Silent Film Queen, Greta Nissen, Looks back over Shoulder, circa 1920s<img src='https://img0.etsystatic.com/024/1/5904540/il_fullxfull.562321606_i4fz.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
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Red Poulainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08397410594184661002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417189745478527773.post-21170019240667905482015-06-17T20:37:00.001-07:002015-06-17T20:38:27.907-07:00Gypsy Dance. Genevieve Page Autographed RPPC, circa 1920s by redpoulainehttp://ift.tt/1LjHqJj<br />
http://ift.tt/1L1gcsR<br />
<img alt="il_570xN.788550245_84xn.jpg" src="http://ift.tt/1LjHqJj" /><br />
24.00 USD<br />
From Pre-Raphaelite imagery in the mid 1800s, to Boho-chic through its various iterations into this present day, the "Gypsy" look will, perhaps, always be with us! But beyond the look, Romani music and dance is a vital and emotional performance genre that also continues to maintain its popularity.<br />
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Here we have an exquisite RPPC portrait of Genevieve Page in Gypsy garb, with a brief dedication on the reverse side. Apparently she went by "Gene," probably like the French "Jeanne" with the G pronounced in that soft J sound we use so rarely in English.<br />
Image taken at the Bras studio in Montpellier. Wonderful detail. Hand-painted tambourine :)<br />
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To hear some beautiful Romani music, and see some great dancing, follow the link to the Youtube clip below, from the 1997 film Gadjo Dilo (Crazy Outsider). So charming :) This is one of our absolutely favoritest movies! The awesome Adrian Simionescu is the vocalist, and the dancer, actress Rona Hartner is, of course, wonderful as always.<br />
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MxP0B1w_4w<br />
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Please examine our high res scans for detail.<br />
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The item you are considering for purchase is, unless otherwise noted, a vintage postcard of approximately 5 and 1/2, by 3 and 1/2 inches. Postage is for fully insured, first class, shipping in a secure photo mailer (to avoid any damage to your purchase in the mails), and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more. We do not charge for insurance or shipping materials, and as of the date of this listing are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.<br />
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And please come visit our blog at:<br />
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redpoulaine.blogspot.com<br />
<br />
where we post biographical and historical tidbits, images of cards and photographs for sale, some already sold but remembered fondly, related images of historical interest and sometimes even images of items that have not yet arrived in the shop, but that are expected to arrive soon, as well as coupon codes, links to other related sites, and more!Red Poulainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08397410594184661002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417189745478527773.post-83458141161638385742015-06-17T20:26:00.001-07:002015-06-17T20:27:24.864-07:00Mademoiselle Beauregard Peers into Another Realm, by Reutlinger, circa 1900 by redpoulaine<br />
<img alt="il_570xN.788999040_f34p.jpg" src="http://ift.tt/1LjEJrh" /><br />
14.00 USD<br />
"I have walked a great while over the snow,<br />
And I am not tall nor strong.<br />
My clothes are wet, and my teeth are set,<br />
And the way was hard and long.<br />
I have wandered over the fruitful earth,<br />
But I never came here before.<br />
Oh, lift me over the threshold, and let me in at the door!"<br />
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From The Witch, by Mary Elizabeth Coleridge<br />
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Wonderful image of Mlle. Beauregard, popular Belle Epoque beauty, by Leopold Reutlinger of Paris.<br />
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Please examine our high res scans for detail.<br />
<br />
The item you are considering for purchase is, unless otherwise noted, a vintage postcard of approximately 5 and 1/2, by 3 and 1/2 inches. Postage is for fully insured, first class, shipping in a secure photo mailer (to avoid any damage to your purchase in the mails), and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more. We do not charge for insurance or shipping materials, and as of the date of this listing are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.<br />
<br />
And please come visit our blog at:<br />
<br />
redpoulaine.blogspot.com<br />
<br />
where we post biographical and historical tidbits, images of cards and photographs for sale, some already sold but remembered fondly, related images of historical interest and sometimes even images of items that have not yet arrived in the shop, but that are expected to arrive soon, as well as coupon codes, links to other related sites, and more!Red Poulainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08397410594184661002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417189745478527773.post-23406135684957636242015-06-17T20:20:00.001-07:002015-06-17T20:23:25.686-07:00The Harpist in the Wood. Magical German Postcard, circa 1910s by redpoulaine<br />
<img alt="il_570xN.788730957_cbsm.jpg" src="http://ift.tt/1L1eLdS" /><br />
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14.00 USD<br />
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"From deep within the woods she called him,<br />
Played her fingers o'er the strings,<br />
And sent forth charms thereby to wile him,<br />
Visions of his love, and dreams,<br />
To shape the crooked path and lead him<br />
Ever nearer to the spring."<br />
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The Harpist in the Wood. Wonderfully magical image, probably a German card, circa 1910s. Nice, posted condition.<br />
Please examine our high res scans for detail.<br />
<br />
The item you are considering for purchase is, unless otherwise noted, a vintage postcard of approximately 5 and 1/2, by 3 and 1/2 inches. Postage is for fully insured, first class, shipping in a secure photo mailer (to avoid any damage to your purchase in the mails), and we happily combine shipping on all paper goods. If you purchase two cards, we will refund the postage on the second card, and when you purchase three or more cards from us at the same time, your shipping will be entirely free, except for international orders which, because of increases in international shipping rates will still be charged one card's shipping fees on orders of three or more. We do not charge for insurance or shipping materials, and as of the date of this listing are still charging below our overall cost on shipping.<br />
<br />
And please come visit our blog at:<br />
<br />
redpoulaine.blogspot.com<br />
<br />
where we post biographical and historical tidbits, images of cards and photographs for sale, some already sold but remembered fondly, related images of historical interest and sometimes even images of items that have not yet arrived in the shop, but that are expected to arrive soon, as well as coupon codes, links to other related sites, and more!Red Poulainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08397410594184661002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417189745478527773.post-64988079478171808382015-05-17T17:40:00.001-07:002015-05-17T17:40:17.319-07:00L'Amour de Pierrot, Surreal French Memento Mori, circa 1905<img src='https://img1.etsystatic.com/064/1/5904540/il_fullxfull.773625575_6txh.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>49.00 USD, by redpoulaine via Etsy http://ift.tt/1Fsczf0</div>
Red Poulainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08397410594184661002noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1417189745478527773.post-82845048433729073762015-05-02T18:52:00.001-07:002015-05-02T18:52:13.271-07:00Otto Storm, Hungarian Silent Film Actor, Poses with Cello, Austrian Card, circa late 1910s<img src='https://img0.etsystatic.com/041/1/5904540/il_fullxfull.639071352_er82.jpg' style='max-width:586px;' /><br />
<div>14.00 USD, by redpoulaine via Etsy http://ift.tt/1A98shu</div>
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