Ed. Private Collection
Ed wrote a note on the back of this RPPC.
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1905 worms and fleas in Massachusetts
Three-quarter portrait on RPPC. Private Collection.
Cryptic message on front of RPPC. Personal Collection.
What would your reaction be if you received a postcard with this message?
Czech violinist Jan Kubelík
RPPC.Circa 1900.
Jan Kubelik was born in 1880 and died in 1940. His father was an amateur violinist who taught him how to play. By age five, young Jan was found to have talent and received professional lessons. He’s said to have practiced 10-12 hours a day until his fingers bled. His efforts paid off. By the age of eighteen he was touring as a soloist in London and Vienna, and by twenty-one he toured the U.S. Some of his recordings are said to have contributed to the success of the gramophone.
In 1903 he married a countess and had eight children with her, all became violinists.
Two Europeans with mirror poses
RPPC. Private Collection
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I have a couple of photographs with a halo of sort on the face of the subject. It isn’t a stain but was taken like it. Maybe a defect on the actual photo paper? I’m not familiar with the kind of camera used for RPPCs. The black edge on the left is original of the photograph too and not from my scan.
Anyway, the gentleman on the right is sporting a long mustache, a boat captain hat (?) and a butterfly wing collar with a few rings. His friend (or brother?) is wearing an overcoat and short rimmed square top bowler.
This RPPC came from Estonia.
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