1943 version of A Sailor’s Prayer. Postcard. Private Collection.
One of the few variations going around from the 20’s to the 60’s. I like this one especially, because of it being published during World War Two.
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Amour, amour!
Amour, amour! Noyer #2759. Private Collection.
LOVE, LOVE!
The kiss which brings together
Our souls is the sublime
Union – My lips quiver
Of a sweet feeling
Are you a doll too?
PC Paris #1925. Postcard. Private Collection.
What an interesting French romance postcard! The man is the same as on these two postcards, but I’m not sure about the woman. Between them is a porcelain doll she is using to touch the man’s neck. The doll itself is giving her a side glance!
This is the first time I see a doll prop on these, and I absolutely love how the photographer used it! It’s a bit surreal, almost as if the doll is alive too.
~*~
(My thoughts today are with my family and friends in Paris and France. These are uncertain times, and my heart breaks for my country.)
Sigh in Sepia
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.
A love poem: ‘Dearie’
1907 Bamforth & Co. ‘Dearie’ postcard. Private Collection.
A nice love poem on a beautiful postcard from 1907. The backdrop is worth mentioning too. It looks like a swamp with the tree roots in the water and the far off wood cabin, but it feels surreal too with the mountains in the background.
A close up to better appreciate this wonderful picture in all its details:
Close up of Dearie postcard.
Publisher: Bamforth & Co. West Yorkshire. England.
Bamforth & Co. not only published postcards but were filmmakers too. Their silent films were so successful they created a whole industry in West Yorkshire that surpassed the Hollywood of the time.
The backdrop of this postcard is so detailed I have difficulties believing it was only used for this postcard. It would be interesting to find out if it was used in an early silent.
In 2001 a businessman named Ian Wallace bought the name and rights to all 50,000+ pictures of the then defunct company’s catalog. In 2011 he relaunched the reprints of their postcards through licensing.
Source: Bamforth & Co. wiki
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