I’m taking you back to the 1930’s with three Helen Twelvetrees photos; an American film and theatre actress from Brooklyn, New York. The 1st of the three Helen Twelvetrees photos is a studio shot of the actress circa 1933: The 2nd photo of Helen from around 1936-7, shows her looking down into a mirror; a … [Read more…]
A delve into my personal collection of goodies today with a vintage postcard of Gladys Cooper (1888-1971) who was an English actress with career that stretched over seven decades! The postcard of Gladys Cooper is from the early 1900’s; Looking at the franking on the back of the postcard, it could be 1922 but it’s really … [Read more…]
A share from my personal collection of vintage treasures today is a 1905 postcard of the British dancer and stage actress Mabel Love (1874-1953) who was considered to be one of the great stage beauties of her age. The postcard shows a side shot of Mabel wearing an off-the-shoulder dress with flowers on the right-hand side … [Read more…]
I’m so excited to share with you a collection of postcards on the subject of actors and actresses. This vintage delight of 102 postcards was a recent acquisition to add to my personal collection and over the coming days/weeks/months I’ll be posting my favourites. The 1st postcard shows English actress and singer Phyllis Dare (1890-1975) … [Read more…]
I have more vintage glamour to share in the form of a Stephanie Stephens postcard from the early 1900’s. Much like my last post featuring Peggy Kurton, the postcard was published by Rotary Photographic Co and shows three different poses from Miss Stephens although the photographs themselves were produced by the London Stereoscopic Company (each image has London Stereoscopic … [Read more…]