In her Berlin studio, German photographer Anny Eberth portrayed aristocratic ladies and elegant fashion models, but also film actors and expressionist dancers, including the notorious Anita Berber. During the 1910s and 1920s, her photos were published in such Berlin magazines as Die Dame and Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung, and were used for many sepia film star postcards. For this post on Atelier Eberth, we selected 15 postcards with female portraits.
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Pola Negri. German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilm., no. 304. Photo: Atelier Eberth, Berlin.
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Erika Glässner. German postcard by Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilm, no. 5540. Photo: Atelier Eberth, Berlin.
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Lotte Neumann. German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilm., no. 5694. Photo: Eberth, Berlin.
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Hilde Wörner. German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin, no. 6253. Photo: Atelier Eberth, Berlin. Publicity still for Die Berliner Range/The Berlin Urchin (Max Mack, 1913).
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Rose Liechtenstein. German postcard by Photochemie, Berlin, no. K. 2351. Photo: Atelier Eberth, Berlin.
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Anita Berber. German postcard by Photochemie, Berlin, no. K. 2406. Photo: Atelier Eberth, Berlin.
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German postcard by Photochemie, Berlin, no. K. 2765. Photo: Atelier Eberth / Union. Pola Negri as Carmen in the German silent drama Carmen (Ernst Lubitsch, 1918).
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Hilde Wörner. German postcard by Photochemie, no. K. 3341. Photo: Eberth, Berlin.
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Martha Novelly. German postcard in the Film-Sterne series by Rotophot, no. 163/1. Photo: A. Eberth, Berlin / Astra Film.
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Fritzi Massary. German postcard by NPG, no. 795. Photo: Anny Eberth, Berlin. Publicity still for Die Rose von Stambul/The Rose of Stamboul (Felix Basch, Arthur Wellin, 1919).
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Hanne Brinkmann. German postcard by NPG, no. 807. Photo: Anny Eberth, Berlin.
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Maria Widal. German postcard by NPG, no. 889. Photo: Anny Eberth, Berlin.
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Lucie Kieselhausen. German postcard by Kunstverlag Juno, Charlottenburg, no. 115. Photo: Atelier Eberth.
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Maria Leeser. German postcard, no. 1025. Photo: A. Eberth, Berlin. Costume design: Walter Schnackenberg. Caption: Märchen (Fairytales). Collection: Didier Hanson.
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Aud Egede Nissen. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 476/1, 1919-1924. Photo: A. Eberth, Berlin.
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Xenia Desni. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 571/1, 1919-1924. Photo: A. Eberth, Berlin.
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Pola Negri. German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilm., no. 304. Photo: Atelier Eberth, Berlin.
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Erika Glässner. German postcard by Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilm, no. 5540. Photo: Atelier Eberth, Berlin.
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Lotte Neumann. German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin-Wilm., no. 5694. Photo: Eberth, Berlin.
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Hilde Wörner. German postcard by Verlag Hermann Leiser, Berlin, no. 6253. Photo: Atelier Eberth, Berlin. Publicity still for Die Berliner Range/The Berlin Urchin (Max Mack, 1913).
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Rose Liechtenstein. German postcard by Photochemie, Berlin, no. K. 2351. Photo: Atelier Eberth, Berlin.
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Anita Berber. German postcard by Photochemie, Berlin, no. K. 2406. Photo: Atelier Eberth, Berlin.
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German postcard by Photochemie, Berlin, no. K. 2765. Photo: Atelier Eberth / Union. Pola Negri as Carmen in the German silent drama Carmen (Ernst Lubitsch, 1918).
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Hilde Wörner. German postcard by Photochemie, no. K. 3341. Photo: Eberth, Berlin.
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Martha Novelly. German postcard in the Film-Sterne series by Rotophot, no. 163/1. Photo: A. Eberth, Berlin / Astra Film.
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Fritzi Massary. German postcard by NPG, no. 795. Photo: Anny Eberth, Berlin. Publicity still for Die Rose von Stambul/The Rose of Stamboul (Felix Basch, Arthur Wellin, 1919).
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Hanne Brinkmann. German postcard by NPG, no. 807. Photo: Anny Eberth, Berlin.
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Maria Widal. German postcard by NPG, no. 889. Photo: Anny Eberth, Berlin.
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Lucie Kieselhausen. German postcard by Kunstverlag Juno, Charlottenburg, no. 115. Photo: Atelier Eberth.
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Maria Leeser. German postcard, no. 1025. Photo: A. Eberth, Berlin. Costume design: Walter Schnackenberg. Caption: Märchen (Fairytales). Collection: Didier Hanson.
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Aud Egede Nissen. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 476/1, 1919-1924. Photo: A. Eberth, Berlin.
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Xenia Desni. German postcard by Ross Verlag, no. 571/1, 1919-1924. Photo: A. Eberth, Berlin.
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