Tag Archives: 1910s-1920s

The Blue Kiss

Blue tinted RPPC. Private Collection.

Cyanotype. A. Noyer romantic postcard. Private Collection.

Sometimes less is more, and in the case of this postcard it is exceedingly true. I find this image incredibly sexy. The way she looks into the distance with her arm resting under the head. And his light kiss on the curve of her jaw.

I find it interesting the picture was shot vertically with the man on top, yet the postcard company decided to publish it horizontally. Well, I choose to post this picture the way it was shot. If Americans could do really sweet and funny postcards, this one proves the French did the sexy with flair. A hundred years later this image still feels timelessly gorgeous and sensual.

Photographer: Alfred Noyer. France.


Hello, Handsome from Michigan!

RPPC. Personal collection

Circa 1910s-1920s. Private collection

Vignette RPPC of a young man from Petoskey Michigan. He’s wearing a tilted Gatsby cap highly popular in the twenties he lightly placed over his well combed hair. He’s also wearing a raised round stud on his tie. Once again, no name. What a shame. With that cute smile he must have been popular with the ladies!

The whole RPPC after the cut.

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The tumultuous lives and tragic ends of two Russian poets

Vladimir-Sergei

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John holding a letter

RPPC. Personal Collection

RPPC. Private Collection

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Three best buddies on a street

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Notice the front boy’s sneakers. These look like precursors of Chuck Taylors. And the long shadows of a late afternoon they cast! A great little photograph.

Photographer: Unknown candid