Last Saturday, we travelled to Utrecht for 'Europe's biggest Vintage Collectors Fair'! And again, we found lots and lots of postcards. In the following months you can see them here at EFSP, but for this post we chose a dozen postcards that dazzled us. So here are 12 favourite acquisitions.
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Le petit poucet. French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Publicity still for Le petit poucet/Hop o' My Thumb (Vincent Lorent-Heilbron, 1905). Caption: He fell on his knees asking for mercy.
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La vie et la passion de Jésus Christ. French postcard. Photo: Film Pathé. Publicity still for La vie et la passion de Jésus Christ (Lucien Nonguet, Ferdinand Zecca, 1903). Caption: The Life of Christ - At the Feet of the Sphinx.
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Henri Jourdin de Croix. French postcard. Photo P. Apers. Henri Jourdin de Croix of the Théàtre National de l'Odéon was a French stage actor, director and playwright.
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Albert Dieudonné as Napoleon. French postcard. Photo: Choumoff. The retro of the card makes publicity for Dieudonné in a stage version of Bonaparte at the Theatre de la Renaissance.
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Elena Sangro. Italian postcard by Ed. A. Traldi, Milano. Photo: Pinto, Roma.
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Ruth Weyher. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 3089/1, 1928-1929. Photo: Atelier Kiesel, Berlin.
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Fern Andra. German postcard Ross Verlag, no. 3549/1.Photo: Atelier Schneider.
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Greta Garbo in Grand Hotel (1932). Dutch postcard by JosPe, no. 381. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Publicity still for Grand Hotel (Edmund Goulding, 1932).
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Farley Granger and Ruth Roman in Strangers on a Train (1951). Dutch postcard by Takken, no. 566. Photo: Warner Bros. Publicity still for Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, 1951).
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Angela Lansbury. Dutch postcard by Takken, no. 166. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Richard Burton and Claire Bloom in Hamlet (1954). Danish postcard by Kaj Brammers Boghandel, Helsingor, no. 748. Photo: publicity still for the stage production of Hamlet at the Hamletspillene in Kronborg, 1954, with Burton as Hamlet and Bloom as Ophelia.
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Fanfare at the Arena. Dutch postcard by A. de Herder, Rotterdam. The Arena Cinema was located at the Kruiskade, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The film on show was the Dutch comedy Fanfare (Bert Haanstra, 1958), starring Hans Kaart.
This is a post for Postcard Friendship Friday, hosted by Beth at the The Best Hearts are Crunchy. You can visit her by clicking on the button below.
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Le petit poucet. French postcard by Croissant, Paris, no. 3662. Photo: Film Pathé. Publicity still for Le petit poucet/Hop o' My Thumb (Vincent Lorent-Heilbron, 1905). Caption: He fell on his knees asking for mercy.
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La vie et la passion de Jésus Christ. French postcard. Photo: Film Pathé. Publicity still for La vie et la passion de Jésus Christ (Lucien Nonguet, Ferdinand Zecca, 1903). Caption: The Life of Christ - At the Feet of the Sphinx.
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Henri Jourdin de Croix. French postcard. Photo P. Apers. Henri Jourdin de Croix of the Théàtre National de l'Odéon was a French stage actor, director and playwright.
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Albert Dieudonné as Napoleon. French postcard. Photo: Choumoff. The retro of the card makes publicity for Dieudonné in a stage version of Bonaparte at the Theatre de la Renaissance.
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Elena Sangro. Italian postcard by Ed. A. Traldi, Milano. Photo: Pinto, Roma.
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Ruth Weyher. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 3089/1, 1928-1929. Photo: Atelier Kiesel, Berlin.
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Fern Andra. German postcard Ross Verlag, no. 3549/1.Photo: Atelier Schneider.
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Greta Garbo in Grand Hotel (1932). Dutch postcard by JosPe, no. 381. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Publicity still for Grand Hotel (Edmund Goulding, 1932).
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Farley Granger and Ruth Roman in Strangers on a Train (1951). Dutch postcard by Takken, no. 566. Photo: Warner Bros. Publicity still for Strangers on a Train (Alfred Hitchcock, 1951).
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Angela Lansbury. Dutch postcard by Takken, no. 166. Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Richard Burton and Claire Bloom in Hamlet (1954). Danish postcard by Kaj Brammers Boghandel, Helsingor, no. 748. Photo: publicity still for the stage production of Hamlet at the Hamletspillene in Kronborg, 1954, with Burton as Hamlet and Bloom as Ophelia.
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Fanfare at the Arena. Dutch postcard by A. de Herder, Rotterdam. The Arena Cinema was located at the Kruiskade, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. The film on show was the Dutch comedy Fanfare (Bert Haanstra, 1958), starring Hans Kaart.
This is a post for Postcard Friendship Friday, hosted by Beth at the The Best Hearts are Crunchy. You can visit her by clicking on the button below.
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