Cyanotype French romantic postcard. Private Collection.
Another beautiful 20s romance cyanotype postcard, this one innocent and tame for a change.
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1870s-80s Hannover Gentleman
Hannover CDV. Private Collection.
The round edge card’s back is mint green with simple lettering, dating it to around the 1880s most likely. The wide lapels look 1870-ish to me.
F. Wunder Sohn. Hannover.
The German man with the scarred cheek
Scarred cheek German man. CDV. Private Collection.
This German man may have been a veteran soldier in civilian suit. Something got him good on the side of the face, perhaps a knife. I’m thinking he was a soldier for the ribbon across the chest. He’s also wearing the black visor hat I mentioned before that was so popular in Germany at the time, and both worn by boys and men.
The bottom of the card was clipped to fit into an album. I can’t make out the message or handwritten name, only the year: 1910.
Photographer: Carl Thies. Hannover. Germany
A Beautiful Ride
Couple riding bike. Noyer #2506. Cyanotype Postcard. Private Collection.
A drop dead gorgeous couple on a bike. I like how she has her arms encircling his neck. It made for an intimate and sweet pose.
I hope to find more pictures with these two together. So far no luck.
Boudoir Tea Time
Amag. Tea time in boudoir. Postcard. Private Collection.
I am missing picture 1 and 4 in this German set and I doubt it ends at 5. I love it for many reasons, some more obvious than others.
Apart from the couple “playing tea time” in sleepwear and embracing (her being all shy to his advances in the second one), I love the setting. The backdrop of the cityscape window and semi-transparent curtains is very nicely painted. It makes me think how much I’d like to see them with my own eyes.
But look into the mirror of the vanity…
Oops! Yes, that’s the photographer’s arm, or his assistant’s! In picture 14/3 you see both hands holding a pole, the flash perhaps? 14/5 looks a bit blurry to the right, but the postcard doesn’t look water damaged. I did find another 14/5 postcard online, this time tinted green and with the crisp right side. I’m posting it here for reference.
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- 14/2
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- 14/3
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- 14/5
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- Another 14/5
Publisher: Amag – Albrecht & Meister, Berlin. Founded in 1865 they were still printing postcards in the 50’s.
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