November 5, 2015

Sigh in Sepia

By C.E. Ryan

Sepia Embrace. PC Paris. Postcard. Private Collection.

Sepia Embrace. PC Paris. Postcard. Private Collection.

Another beautiful French postcard. Here the woman is leaning above her admirer with drama. To me her gesture reminds me so much of the stereotypical way women acted in silent films.

I have what I think may be the same couple on another. He’s wearing the same shirt too.

This entry was posted on Thursday, November 5th, 2015 at 4:27 pm and tagged with 1920s, beautiful couple, France, PC Paris, romantic and posted in Couples, Postcards. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.

2 responses to “Sigh in Sepia”

summertime75
November 5th, 2015 at 5:50 pm

She certainly had the “silent siren” look and he has the typical Valentino look,

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- bowlersandhighcollars
  November 5th, 2015 at 6:28 pm
  
  They do look great together. Models who looked like celebrities were in demand it seems. I can see why!
  Rudolph was a fox :). He died much too young though.
  
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