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Charles Darwin Vintage Postcard from ca. 1910
Charles Darwin: b/w vintage photo postcard from ca. 1910. Unused, fine condition.
Charles Robert Darwin (1809 –1882) was an English naturalist, who showed that all species of life have evolved over time from common ancestors through the process he called natural selection.
The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and the general public in his lifetime, while his theory...
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Eugene Burnand. Vintage Postcard of famous Painter.
b/w vintage postcard depicting the famous painter Eugène Burnand in his garden.
Unused postcard from ca. 1910, very fine condition.
Eugène Burnand (1850 – 1921) was a Swiss painter. Before moving to Paris in 1872 he studied with Barthélemy Menn at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva. In Paris he joined Jean-Léon Gérôme's studio, and was known primarily as a landscape painter.
Burnand was...
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The Beatles: Vintage Postcard from the 1960s. Authentic.
Authentic old b/w postcard from the 1960s: The Beatles. Printed in Germany. ( Filmbilder-Vertrieb Ernst Freihoff-Essen 44 ). The price at that time was 10 Pfg. ( ca. 5 Cents ).
The postcard comes from a well protected collection and is in very fine condition.
The Beatles were a pop and rock group from Liverpool, England formed in 1960. Primarily consisting of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul...
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The Beatles: Vintage Color Postcard from the 1960s. Authentic.
Authentic old postcard from the 1960s: The Beatles. Printed in Germany.
The postcard comes from a well protected collection and is in fine condition. ( Minor toning of the back side, which is normal due to age ).
The Beatles were a pop and rock group from Liverpool, England formed in 1960. Primarily consisting of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison...
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Author Edmond Rostand Vintage Photo Postcard, ca. 1910
Authentic photo postcard of the French writer Edmond Rostand.
Unused, very fine condition.
Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (1868–1918) was a French poet and dramatist.
Rostand is associated with neo-romanticism, and is best known for his play Cyrano de Bergerac. Rostand's romantic plays provided an alternative to the naturalistic theatre popular during the late 19th century. One of...
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1899: Emperor Wilhelm and Wife in London. Vintage Postcard.
Old postcard depicting German Emperor Wilhelm II and his wife on their visit to London in 1899.
Used as postcard in Berlin in 1900. Minor wear.
William II (German: Wilhelm II) (1859 – 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia, ruling both the German Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November 1918.
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Emperor Francis, Empress Zita and their Children. Hapsburg Lot.
3 vintage postcards from ca. 1915-18 showing Emperor Karl I, the last Habsburg emperor, his wife Zita and 6 of their children. The first 2 are postcard, the latter is a real photo.
Karl I (1887 –1922), was the last Emperor of Austria, the last King of Hungary and Bohemia, and the last monarch of the Habsburg Dynasty.
His wife, Zita von Bourbon-Parma; May 9, 1892 – March 14, 1989), was the last...
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Eleonora Duse: Vintage Photo Postcard
b/w vintage Photo portrait of the great actress Eleonore Duse.
Eleonora Duse ( also Eleonore Duse ) , 1859–1924, Italian actress, made a successful appearance at 14 as Juliet and in 1879 gained recognition in Emilé Zola's Thérèse Raquin. In 1893, in New York and London, her portrayal of Dumas's La Dame aux camélias was extraordinarily sensitive and deep.
With her portrayal in 1895, in Paris,...
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Jean Jaures vintage Portrait postcard.
Jean Jaurès: Old portrait postcard, photo by H, Manny, artist signature in plate.
Unused, fine condition. Edition Moss, Karlsruhe.
Jean Léon Jaurès—full name Auguste Marie Joseph Jean Léon Jaurès ( 1859 –1914) was a French Socialist leader. He was one of the first social democrats: within the Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière (SFIO), he opposed Jules Guesde's refusal of socialist...
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Victor Margueritte Portrait Postcard. Photo by H. Manny
Vintage photo postcard depicting the French Novellist Victor Margueritte.
Photo by H. Manny, ca. 1910. 3.5 x 5.5 inches. Fine condition.
Victor Margueritte (1866 -1942) and his brother Paul Margueritte,(1860-1918), French novelists, both born in Algeria, were the sons of General Jean Auguste Margueritte (1823-1870), who after an honorable career in Algeria was mortally wounded in the great cavalry charge...
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Guy de Maupassant: Vintage Photo, ca. 1910
Guy de Maupassant portrait photo postcard from ca. 1910.
Unused, fine condition ( slight brownish toning at the back side ).
Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (1850 –1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer. He is one of the fathers of the modern short story.
His stories often denote the futility of war and the innocent civilians who get crushed in it - many are set during the...
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British Royals: 3 vintage Photos incl. Prince Charles as Juvenile.
3 vintage photo postcards with British Royals: The Queen with juvenile Prince Charles and Princess Anne, The Prince of Wales and Prince Edward, Silver Jubilee Commemoration ( King George V ) from 1935.
The later one has been used as postcard from London to Wien.
All 3 are in fine condition.
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Emile Zola: Vintage Photo of this famous Author from ca. 1910
Emile Zola portrait photo from ca. 1910.
3,5 x 5,5 inches. Fine condition.
Émile Zola ( 1840 –1902 ) was an influential French novelist, the most important example of the literary school of naturalism, and a major figure in the political liberalization of France.
Controversial from the beginning, he did not hide his disdain for Napoleon III, who used the Second Republic as a vehicle to become...
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Maxim Gorky: Vintage Photo. Ca. 1910
Maxim Gorki: Portrait photo from ca. 1910.
3,5 x 5,5 inches. Fine condition.
Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov (In Russian Алексей Максимович Пешков) (1868–1936), better known as Maxim Gorky (Максим...
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