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    "Asta Westergaard // FURIA // 243 / 1" hand-colored / tinted with glitter accents on dress & hat, made in Germany for the American Post Card Company, writing on back, heavily toned back from album contact. minor corner & edge wear. $7.50 wng!

Beatles, all bald(!), unused continental in color. Issued to tie in with "Help". $2.00 f(b)mn%

    "CLEO DE MERODE // Reutlinger / Paris // S. I. P. Nº7 SERIE 51" with clasped hands gazing downward, hand-colored / tinted real photo carte postale mailed FEB 25 1903 from Havana Cuba (clear hand cancel on 1-centavo stamp) to Pennsylvania, all corners with faint creases, 1" internal crease from right front edge, back paper browning with age. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 nw-c

    "Conchita Ledesma / S-916-1" hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard from Madrid Rapido (MR), trivial edge wear, back toned a bit. A famous dancer, she portrayed herself in the 1914 silent film 'The Last Dance'. $10.00 dnwcm

    "Esmeralda Sisters // GG / 462 / 3" hand-colored / tinted postcard made in Germany, unused, brownish paper on back, trivial wear at one corner. $13.75 wn%

    "Gaité / Serie 2066  ANIE PERREY" hand-colored / tinted real photo post card mailed 1908 with French stamp TCV, minor corner wear, a few tiny flecks of color missing. Hard to find. $5.00 ng

    "Jessie Chadwick // GG / 341 / 6" hand-colored / tinted, made in Germany, unused, paper browning with age on the back, light toning at back edges, good edges. $13.75 wn

    "Juan Belmonte / 27" 3 / 4 length view of the bullfighter on hand-coplored / tinted real photo mailed from Madrid to Ohio, internal crease that is hard to see from front, lightly toned front, lightly toned back. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (bn)

    "Mary Mannering" seated on the arm of a chair, wearing a large hat with flowers & with a small bouquet at her waist, hand-colored / tinted real photo on undivided back from American Post Card Company's OK series, unused, album marks & browning on back due to album contact, good edges. $15.00 nt

    "Miss Edna May" hand-colored / tinted real photo of her in a large hat with lace & a fur stole & muff, A. L. Series, unused post card, light toning at stamp corner on back. $9.50 mn

    "Miss Olive May" hand-colored / tinted real photo of her in a large hat tied underneath her chin, A. L. Series, unused postcard, touch of toning at one back corner, pink tinting done over a large area in an unrealistic manner for an odd effect. $7.50 mn

    "Miss Phyllis Dare" hand-colored / tinted real photo post card, unused, A. L. Series, fairly fresh. $8.00 n

    "MISS MARGARET ANGLIN" hand-tinted / colored real photo postcard, Bamforth Series D No. 2040 we learn from the back, mailed 1914 to Indiana, mild corner & edge wear. Miss Anglin was a celebrated Canadian actress who appeared in many Broadway theater productions. By 1914 she had become a US citizen, and she became a director and producer in her own right. $8.50 ntcw(b) NEW / NEU / NOVO

    "Rodolfo Gaona" full-length view from the side, with his cape; hand-colored / tinted real photo, unused, mild edge wear except for 1 / 4" tear. His debut was in 1905 in México. He later competed in Spain with figures of great stature such as Joselito and Belmonte. The "gaonera" is named after him. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg (202,148) or .tif format. $1.50 bng%%

    "SOREL / 1350 S.I.R." hand-colored / tinted real photo of her with parasol & walking stick, slight oxidation, trivial edge wear, gorgeous. $15.00 nu

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    "11477.  Rev. Wm. Duncan, Founder of the Native Mission, / Metlakatla, Alaska. / Published by W. H. Case, Juneau, Alaska" showing him standing on some stairs, black & white post card, unused, heavily toned back, one corner badly creased, other corner & edge wear. $12.50 an

"1953 / "Alberto Ascari" / Campione del mondo di F.1 / au Ferra500 / Giovanni Cremonini" signed art on unused continental postcard from a limited edition of 500 issued in 1993, hint of corner wear. World champion of Formula 1. $3.75 a(r)n

    "31 / 01 / 97 Eddie Irvine F310'96 ibrida" showing a portrait of the driver & advertising in color on the back, unused continental post card, near mint. Classic design. $3.00 a(r)n

"53 MAUD JEFFERIES // Photo by / W. & D. Downey" wearing a peignoir sepia-tone real photo post card with writing on right front border. $6.50 ln

"Adrienne Augarde" donning a large hat over flowers in her hair, hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard, A. L. Series, tiny spots on back from production process. Edwardian-era star of theater & Broadway. $10.00 mnt

ANDRÉ BRETON, poet & critic, 1955; unused black & white continental. $1.50 na%

    "ARNOLD FITNESS EXPO 2000 //  Arnold / Schwarzenegger // Ronald / McDonald" publicity photo for the Columbus Ohio event, slightly smaller than a continental postcard, no post card back, fresh. A study in contrasts! $1.50 s(b)no%

    "Asta Nielsen / In ihrem Heim / 8612" real photo postcard mailed from Serbia with 3 Hungarian stamps, fairly fresh. Popular Danish actress of silent films, many made in Germany. $10.00 nmd-s

    "Becker & Maar... / Hedda Vernon" early movie star, post card mailed 1919 (no stamp, feldpost usage), writing on front in lower margin. $15.00 n+

    "BECKHESSER HANS SACHS VEIT PROGNER / NÜRNBERGER MEISTERSINGER" showing a group of 3 busts of these Bavarians in a striking image, postcard number 5031 from Herman Martin, unused, slight yellowing of the paper with age, minor wear at 2 corners. $5.00 bn

    "Binghamton N.Y. / Fritzi Scheff in 'Mamselle Modiste'." black & white postcard showing the soprano with drum and flags in the second operetta composed by Victor Herbert especially to showcase her talent, city name added in gold glitter, from Wheelock & Co., unused, small tear, lightly toned back. $27.00 nmng+

    "Bismarck is tot, / Gott schütze Deutschland!" black & white on undivided back post card proclaiming the death of Chancellor Bismarck in 1898, unused, brownish paper, album marks on back. $17.00 gn

"Bob Boden Leaving Mexico" showing the rider being thrown from that horse at a rodeo, unused linen post card with yellowing paper on back, Doubleday copyright, printed in 1939, trivial corner rounding. Hard to find. $5.00 cn

    "CALVIN PLAISTED, THE OLD BASKET MAN" at Kennebunk (York County) Maine, undivided back post card from Enterprise Press, unused & fairly fresh. $35.00

"Charles DeWitt Brower  King of the Arctic / 1884 to 1945" in a fur coat, unused Kodak real photo postcard in vertical format, good contrast & focus, small upper corner bend, small spots of light toning in the lower front border. He ran a successful whaling business at Barrow Alaska, with strong ties to the native communities. $9.00 aa(b)n& NEW / NEU / NOVO

"CHARLOTTE CORDAY. -- Gravure de A. LAMOTTE, d'après MULLER / G1 LL. MUSÉE DU HAVRE" showing the woman who killed Marat at a barred window, sepiatone postcard, writing on back explains in English. $2.50 pn

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"Collection 'PORTRAITS' (1re série) / 1. Bettina Rheims Charlotte Rampling, Paris (1985)" elegantly attired in a low-cut blouse, unused black & white continental post card from Editions Admira, fresh appearance. $1.50 wn

    "Distinguished Speaker Series / Lisa Ling is a Special / Correspondent for the / Oprah show and / contributor to National Geographic Channel and / the Oxygen Network" continental publicity card for her appearance at Penn State University, near-mint condition. $1.50 tc(p)n NEW / NEU / NOVO

    "Don Chencho - Over 118 Years Old - And The / Lighthouse He Helped Build in 1852 - / Port Isabel, Texas 6-0-397" showing him on a donkey cart, unused Ekc real photo postcard from W. M. Cline, good focus & contrast & composition. $20.00 tln%

"Duane Keener's / Bambi / Pulling Team // All-Plant Liquid Plant Food" color continental card showing the hometown star at the controls of his John Deere 4440 with 466 engine in action at a tractor pull, front wheels just beginning to lift. Excellent condition except for a tiny corner bump. Duane's career started with a bang as the OSTPA Super Stock Rookie of the Year in 1997 & the OSTPA Super Stock Puller of the Year in 1998. $2.50 oan

    "Eagle Island, Me., The Summer Home of Robert E. Peary." color with an inset showing his portrait in black & white, unused post card, circa 1915 from Merrill. $4.75 mn

    "Eliazar Ben-Yehoda, creator of the Hebrew encyclopaedia" sepia-tone on unused postcard. $9.50 (jn)

    "EL TOREO de TIJUANA Downtown Bullring / Sunday July 31, 1988 - .../ MATADORS: // DAVID / Silveti // CESAR / Pastor // ALEJANDRO / Del Olivar // Fighting at Spanish Style ..." under bullfighting art, followed by 2 advertising logos, unused postcard with detailed ticket & reservation information on the back, tiny corner crease. Speckles of printing ink on the back, as are normal for this type of publicity. $4.75 each. bm(b)n

"EN EL 'TOREO' MEXICO. / FERMIN ESPINOSA / 'ARMILLITA.' / 702.V" unused real photo postcard printed in Mexico. The bullring is in Mexico City. $10.00 bm(d)n& NEW / NEU / NOVO

    "Florence Steidl Duo / Gesangliche Neuheiten" showing their burlesque novelty act on stage, black & white Postkarte with red-brown caption, mailed in Germany circa 1907, minor wear at one corner. Hard to find! $14.00 bn

"FRANKENMUTH BAVARIAN INN / Frankenmuth, Michigan 48734 / Mrs. Agnes Zehnder has shown thousands of / visitors the art of baking Backofen Brot in our / old-fashioned outdoor brick ovens…" chrome postcard mailed 1971. $2.00

    "FRANK SMITH BULLDOGGING, / PENDLETON 'ROUND-UP' Ó R. R. DOUBLEDAY" unused sepia-tone real photo post card, a lot of toning on back probably due to album contact. Good action shot at his moment of contact. $35.00 cno

"GIACOMO PUCCINI (1858-1924), 1904 / PHOTOGRAPHER UNIDENTIFIED"; unused sepia-tone continental postcard reproduces a photo from the Bettmann Archive; unused & fresh except for 2 small creases at one corner (mostly in the border). $1.00 (nmf)*

    "Gruss aus Wiesbaden / Hans Rodius / Kgl. Schauspieler." black & white postkarte showing the Hessian actor, mailed there 1898 to Illinois, from a photo by L. W. Kurtz, faint album impressions at the corners, short internal crease & long internal crease in the message area. The latter has a short tear at the beginning edge, but it closes well & the card is still attractive. Rare. $10.00 gnhp

    "Hella Moja" 1920 BUMA cancel boldly struck ties 15-f blue chainbreaker stamp used in Slovenia to sepia-tone post card. Probably an actress. $15.00

    "Henny Porten / ... / 18" sepia-tone post card mailed 1918 in Hungary, wear at upper left corner. $7.50 nm!

    "Henny Porten / ... / 26" sepia-tone postcard mailed 1918 in Hungary, small corner crease, minor corner wear & rounding. Star of German silent films, and later into the 1950's. $7.50 nm!

"Henny Porten / in ihren Rollen 'Höhenluft'" real photo post card mailed in Lativa 1923, corner crease, corner & edge wear. Also starred in ROSE BERND (1919) & SKANDAL UM EVA (1930). $8.00 !

    "Herald House / INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI / ISRAEL A. SMITH / President..." unused chrome postcard, fresh appearance except for trivial edge wear. $5.00 (mrn)

    "HERBERT HOOVER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY / ... / Lou Henry Hoover in the White House" unused chrome post card, pertinent information on back, fairly fresh, excellent contrast. $3.75 n

"HUBERT LATHAM THE MAN WHO DELIGHTED / ALL BALTIMOREANS SEATED IN HIS ANTOINETTE" black & white post card with printed excerpts from his description of the November 7 1910 flight, reprinted by the Baltimore Philatelic Society, unused, light toning at one back corner. Exceptionally interesting. $5.00 an

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    "JOHN and MARSHA EMARY" missionaries to Ecuador, postcard mailed 1981 in US, giving Quito field address, Nyack NY headquarters address, and other information. SOLD (ern)

    "JULY / GUEST STAR / MAMIE VAN DOREN" on the back of an unused post card publicizing a paper collectibles & movie memorabilia show in New York City in 1996, fairly fresh. $2.00 pn(n)n

"KATHERINE HEPBURN, HOLLYWOOD, 1935 / PHOTOGRAPHER UNIDENTIFIED" seated in men's clothing, unused black & white continental postcard from fotofolio, fresh appearance. $1.50 wn

    "KOBUK MARY  KOTZEBUE, ALASKA FHW 96" real photo post card with glossy finish mailed there 1956. tape residue & thin mar back, small corner crease, 2 small spots of toning in upper left front border. $5.50 eina

    "KONSTANTIN E. TSIOLKOVSKY (1857-1935) / USSR rocket theorist. Published his theories of / rocket-powered spaceflight in 1903..." postcard portrait published 1977, long but faint internal crease, small corner bend. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 sn

    "Les Présidents de la République Française depuis sa fondation" showing portraits of the first 9 French presidents-- including Casimir Périer, Felix Faure, Raymond Poincaré & J. Grévy. black & white carte postale on brownish paper, small corner crease, lightly toned back. $5.00 nh

    "Lise Fleuron" seated & playing a mandolin, with a generous view of her bosom, color postcard with undivided back, unused, album impressions at the corners. $25.00 (nm)

    "Lise Fleuron" smiling & up close, with a rabbit-ear-like head wrap & a generous view of her bosom, color post card with undivided back on pale green stock, unused & fresh. $20.00 (nm)

"LOWELL THOMAS was born April 6, 1892 in / Woodington... / ...Painting on display at Garst Museum / Greenville, Ohio" with signed portrait of the author & news commentator by Gene Anthony, unused chrome post card with 1971 copyright, old price may be hard to erase on back, good edges. $1.50 o(g)o(w)mna

    "Margaret Anglin" showing the beautiful actress in a Red Cross role (note armband & pin), vertical format; black & white postcard mailed 1911 in Missouri, both sides are toned (front less so than the back), minor corner rounding. $10.00 rn NEW / NEU / NOVO

    "Micky Hicks Rarin' Back an' Ridin' Blackhawk / Stryker's 'Photogloss' - Rodeo Series - 15"  an action scene in vertical format, black & white postcard, small corner crease not into image. $22.50 chng

    "MISS HILDA DUGDALE / PHOTO LALLIE CHARLES" black & white, printed in Bavaria, writing on back. minor wear at the lower left corner. Lallie Charles was a studio photographer noted for her theatrical photos. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (80 KB) or .tif format. $1.50 np

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"Miss Rita Peñares / Unang / 'Bitoon sa Babaye' / May 1, 1931 / Cebu Studio" real photo post card of her as a beautiful young woman, toned back, thin spot on back as if a stamp had been placed & then removed, minor corner wear. $4.00 ng

    "MOLL (Henri) / Alsacien, d'origine colmarienne..." Art card in color showing an infantry officer & troops with detailed biography on back, unused, small spots at top. $3.75 (an)

    "monstermuscle.com / ... / THE BENCH PRESS KING / ..." picturing George Halbert (733 bench press at 215 body weight), advertising postcard for videos, T's, bumper stickers & more, near mint. $2.00 s(b)nc

    "MR. & MRS. O. H. PARTRIDGE, BEN MY CHREE, B.C." Azo real photo (squares in corners) post card, unused, small spot on lower edge. $7.00 (bng)

    "Mr. John Patterson / The Hero and General of Rescuers / who himself risked his life to save / others; watching Heroic Workers / during Greatest Flood in Modern / History at Dayton, O., March 1913." black & sepia-tone on brownish paper with dark red caption, postcard published by Kraemer Art, unused, very light toning in back address & stamp area, good edges. Notice the policeman in the background ensuring that the spectators keep their distance. $9.00 kognl*-

    "Mr. Phyllis Wiley / ... / Hand Crocheted Rag Rugs / Available to Teach Classes / or Demonstrate" unused black & white post card in near-mint condition. $2.00 o(j)kn NEW / NEU / NOVO

    "N-476 WILEY OAKLEY, 'THE ROAMING MAN OF THE MOUNTAINS' / GATLINBURG, TENN. / A SCENE ON THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL, IN GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS / NATIONAL PARK" showing the hunter & tourist guide, unused linen postcard. $3.25 (t(g)nh)*

    "MUSÉE DU LOUVRE. - École Allemande / 1400   HOLBEIN (Hans), le Jeune (1497-1543) / Portrait de Nicolas Kratzer, Astronome du Roi d'Angleterre Henri VIII / ND Phot." depicted with some of his instruments, sepia-tone, unused, album impressions at the corners, fairly fresh. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (171,987 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 a(h)an

    "NORMAN MASON WINNER BUCKING CONTEST BELLE FOURCHE / 1919" riding, hat in hand, on a horse in mid-jump; unused Azo real photo postcard (triangles both ways), considerable corner wear & rounding, soiled back, lightly toned front. Rare South Dakota postcard. $30.00 cns

    "Oberammergau. Christusdarsteller Anton Lang." sepia tone post card from Ottmar Zieher, unforgettable image, unused. $5.50 (brn)+

"'ONE MORE TIME' / Custom-made Rag Rugs / Designed by Phyllis T. Wiley / ...Jewett, OH..." showing her at work with some of her handiwork, unused chrome postcard in near mint condition. $2.50 o(j)n

    "ORVILLE EWING / ....The photograph on this card shows Mr. Ewing / at the time he visited Jacksonville, Florida, in 1957" unused real photo post card in excellent condition. An itinerant artist who traveled all over the US, he did pencil sketches at this time. $6.00 nf

"Portrait de Nathalie - Nathalie Galan, // Top Etoile / Paris / ..." seated & elegantly dressed, unused black & white continental postcard from Edition Tushita. $1.50 wn

"ROBERTO GUERRERO, driving the STP / Dianetics / Lola for the Vince Granatelli Racing Team..." with Dianetics advertising information, unused continental postcard, 1988 copyright, near mint. The driver stands holding the book near to his racing car. $2.50 a(r)n

    "ROSE O'NEILL - 'CREATOR OF THE KEWPIE DOLL' / AT / HER OZARK HOME - BONNIEBROOK" unused Kodak real photo (possibly of a painting), good edges. Post card sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50

    "Sam Stewart, Texas Cowboy, Fighting a Brahma Bull / Stryker's 'Photogloss' - Rodeo Series -16" unused black & white post card, light toning both sides, trivial corner wear. $7.50 cbgn

   See also Author post cards, which have their own webpage. Shown is the Serbian writer & poet Dositej Obradovic.

    See also Scientist postcards, which have their own webpage. Shown is the Irish physicist Lord Kelvin.

    "Soter Economids" from identification written on back, unused Azo real photo (triangles both ways) post card, toned back. $4.00 (ng)

    "The Commander / With the Two Waifs  //  Where the 'Other Half' Lives" showing Commander Evangeline Booth (her name was not necessary, everyone called her 'The Commander') standing with 2 poor children, inset on a view of wash overhanging a slum street in America; black & white postcard solicitation for the Salvation Army Home Service Fund, unmailed, 2 small corner creases, minor corner wear, lightly toned back. Circa 1919, just after her program of sending personnel directly to the American Expeditionary Force in the front lines in France provided the publicity she needed to raise millions instead of tens of thousands of dollars. $15.00 sng

    "This outstanding painting by Kitty Dumont de- / picts the great sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, as he / said..." quotation about Mount Rushmore continues, unused chrome post card published for the Burgess Company, small corner bend, otherwise fresh. $1.50 afss

"... Ukrainian Balletmaster / Vasile Avramenko" also captioned in Cyrillic (where we put ...), black & white post card with mild corner wear, very light toning on the back. Shown. $10.00 udn.

Another pose, same costume but more dramatic, heavier toning on back, corner crease. $8.50 udnm. A talented man, Avramenko also taught folk dancing & produced motion pictures in the 1920's & 1930's.
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"Venice Beach, / California" blonde in bikini on continental postcard is identified as Laura Hodges on the back, from photo by Jeffrey Stanton, mailed 1990 to Ohio. Nice! $2.50 pnpc

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