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REAL PHOTO POSTCARDS

 

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Murdock Studio, Philadelphia.  
Seated Black Man. 
RP PC.  
$50.00

 

The Central  Studio, Norfolk, VA.  
Seated Black Man Wearing A Hat. 
RP PC.  $65.00

 

The Central  Studio, Norfolk, VA. 
  Black Woman Standing In A Studio.  RP PC.  $50.00

 

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Adirondack Coleporter Missionary Series.  The Brooklyn Bridge.  RP. PC.  
$40.00

 

Anon.  School Class With Some Asian Kids.  RP PC.  
$30.00

 

 

Anon.  Elva Thackeray Age 7 And Her Doll.  RP  PC.  
$50.00

 

 

 

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Anon.  Two Guys On The Beach.  RP PC.  $35.00

 

Anon.  The Oswalds.  RP PC.  
$25.00

 

Anon.  One Man Tank.  RP PC.  
$30.00

 

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Standing Dog  
Anonymous
Silver Print Real Photo Postcard
3  X 4 inches
on 3 1/4 X 5 1/2 inch card
Surface marks
$35.00

 

Flett, Atlantic City, N.J.  
Attractive Woman Wearing Great Suit And Hat.  
  
Hand Colored RP PC.  
$50.00

 

Anon.  Mark Twain Statue, Riverview Park, Hannibal, MO.  RP PC.  
$25.00

 

 

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Panama Canal. 
Palm Trees & Boat. 
Silver Print Real Photo Postcard. Circa 1910. 
 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches 
$35.00

 

Panama Canal 
Silver Print Real Photo Postcard. Circa 1910.  3 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches 
$25.00

 

Marie Marvingt (1875-1963). 
Pioneer Aviatrix. 
  3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch  collotype post card from a photograph 
by G. L. Manuel
$40.00

 

 

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Members Of Boston Orchestra. 
The photograph is by Horner of Boston and is signed in the negative. 
 Real Photo Postcard.   Ca. 1910.   
3 1/2 X 5 1/2  inches.  
There is a slight stain at the top of the card.  Ciko back
$30.00

 

 

Military Band.
  Ca. 1915.
   Real Photo Postcard. 
3 1/2 X 5 1/2  inches.  
Ciko back.
$35.00

13 Young Men Holding Musical Instruments.  Ca 1910.   Real Photo Postcard. 
3 1/2 X 5 1/2  inches.  
Azo back
$25.00

 

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Young Man In Band Uniform Holding Clarinet . Ca 1912.   Real Photo Postcard. 
3 1/2 X 5 1/2  inches.  
Azo back. 
    
His hat says "Gaskins Sunbury."  
The card has Sunbury, Pa and a couple of names, written in ink on the back
$35.00

Man & Scarecrow.  
Surreal . Circa  1908.   
Real Photo Postcard. 
3 1/2 X 5 1/2  inches.
  
   
"My Friend And I" 
is written in ink on the picture.
$35.00

 

 

Billy Sunday. 
Real Photo Postcard.  
"The smile that won't come off."  
Photograph by C. V. Williams.  Signed and titled in the negative.  
3 1/2  x 5 1/2  inches.  
The postcard has writing on the back which describes a visit by Billy Sunday.  The card  was sent through the mail, October 7, 1911.  It is stamped and postmarked Springfield, Ohio
$45.00

 

 

 

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Ernst Kraus (1863-1941). 
Opera Singer. Playing Card.  
     3 1/4   x 5 1/2 inch real photo postcard. 
This card was sent through the mail.
$45.00 

 

Oscar Sabo (1881-1969) 
German  Film Star Holding  Violin 
In His Home.  
Real Photo Postcard. 3 1/2   x 5 1/4.    
Heim. Leiser, Berlin is the photographer.  
Sabo appeared in many movies. 
$35.00

Heinrich Hensel In Lohengrin by Wagner. 
The photographer is Bieber, Hamburg.       
3 1/4   x 5 1/2 inch real photo postcard. 
Opera singer in full costume.  
Facsimile signature
$45.00

 

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Fern Andra and her dog. 
German Silent Movie Star.  
Producer & Director.
 Ca. 1920's.   
3 1/2  x 5 1/2  inch brown toned silver print 
real photo postcard
$35.00

 

Karl Beckersachs. 
German Silent Movie Star  
 Ca. 1920's.  
 3 1/2  x 5 1/2  inch brown toned silver print  real photo postcard     
Photograph by Binder, Berlin
$25.00

Else Berna 
German Silent Movie Star .  
 Ca. 1920's.   
3 1/2  x 5 1/2  inch brown toned silver print  
real photo postcard.     
Photograph by Binder, Berlin
$25.00

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Native Woman & Baby, Boy & Sailor. Lima. Peru. 
 Real Photo Postcard 
1922.  
Vintage Silver Print Photograph
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3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches.
$35.00

 

 

Street Scene. Sailors, Police, Natives. Lima. Peru. 
Real Photo Postcard 
1922.  
Vintage Silver Print Photograph
 .  
3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches.   
Titled in the negative.  
USS North Dakota
$35.00

 

 

 

Covington Survivors In Lifeboat After Being Torpedoed.   
Survivors From The Covington About To Board The Nicholson. 
Real Photo Postcard. 
3 1/4 x5 1/2 inches . 
The card has surface marks, stains and a pinhole. 
The Covington was formerly the German liner Cincinnati. It was seized at the beginning of the World War I. The ship was renamed the Covington and became a U.S. Navy transport. On July 1, 1918, it was torpedoed by German submarine U-86 near the French coast and sank the next day.  Six crew members were killed while 770 were saved.  Very rare and unusual subject matter. An incredible World War I military image
$125.00

 

 

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Market. St. Thomas. 
 Real Photo Postcard 1922.  
Vintage Silver Print Photograph
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3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches.   
Titled in the negative.  
USS North Dakota
$35.00

 

Blue-beards' Castle.   St. Thomas.  Real Photo Postcard 1922.  V
intage Silver Print Photograph
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3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches.   
Titled in the negative
$30.00

View Of Ship, 
U. S. S. North Dakota, 
From Blue-beard's Castle.  
 St. Thomas.  
Real Photo Postcard 1922.  
Vintage Silver Print Photograph
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3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches.   
Titled in the negative
$20.00

 

 

 

 

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Richard T. Rosenthal
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  Philadelphia, PA   19143

 

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an  assortment of  19th and 20th century photographs taken  by anonymous and still obscure photographers

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