Category: 1900s

Vintage postcard, 1909

Georges Bertrand :: La femme aux cheveaux d’or, 1909

Vintage postcard, 1908

J. Thomas :: Postcard with a photograph of a man and a woman kissing with a caption reading: “One half my life I’d gladly miss, If I could have just one like this” and the title “Spooners Delight.” 1908. | src Texas History

Vintage postcard , 1908

Semi-Photo Song Postcard, “Dreaming”: Part 1, postcard, October 19, 1908. Postcard with a photograph of a man holding a woman close while they both hold onto the handle of an umbrella; there are music notes and lyrics printed at the bottom that read: “Dreaming of you always little girl my darling.” | src The Portal to Texas History: https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Private Collection of Margay Welch.

Isadora Duncan by Atelier Elvira

Dancer Isadora Duncan, 1904. Anonymous photographer (*) | src Theatermuseum Wien : Alles tanzt
Isadora Duncan (1877 – 1927), founder of Free Dance. Photo by Studio Elvira, Munich, ca. 1910 | src alamy
Hof-Atelier Elvira ~ Isadora Duncan, 1904 | src Theatermuseum Wien
Dancer Isadora Duncan, 1904. Anonymous photographer (*) | src Theatermuseum Wien : Alles tanzt

(*) Even though this photo is uncredited (and undated) on source (Theatermuseum Wien), note that the image bears a blindstamp with the date (1904) with the same typography as the third photo in this post and in the same place (lower left). Furthermore, the dance costume and hairstyle in the “anonymous” photo is just the same as in the image found in Alamy (second image of the post); that said, it is highly probable that the maker of this image is also Atelier / Hof-Atelier Elvira.

Photo Song Postcard, ‘Dreaming’, 1908

Photo Song Postcard, “Dreaming”. Postcard addressed to Mamie Collins in Central City, Nebraska with a photograph of a woman in a dress, holding an umbrella and sitting on the bottom step on a porch staircase; there are music notes and lyrics printed at the bottom of the card that read: “Still I’m always Dreaming love of you.” | src Texas History