PC Paris #2886. Postcard. Private Collection.
Love which serenades your heart
Is it sincere? Is it misled?
A pink tinted French PC Paris postcard with a warning!
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I found him again, with chicks
PC Paris #2963. Young man with chicks. RPPC. Private Collection.
That was way too easy. :)
Do you remember when I posted the beautiful couple on the bicycle? That was last September. I hoped to stumble upon this 1920’s postcard model again, but I did not hold my breath. So when I spotted him after eight months of casually scouring seller stocks, I was thrilled to finally add another one of his cards to this collection. Unlike some others he is near impossible to find. Unfortunately, there is no information about postcard models of the period. I would have liked to find out who he was.
While I understand the models who posed for the more risqué cards had to hide their identity and are now essentially uncredited, I don’t see why there is absolutely no information about the models who posed for tamer photoshoots. Frustrating!
This was of course an Easter postcard (I edited out the French greeting for this blog).
On the Omnibus of 1904 Paris
“This is probably going to get serious”. 1904 postcard. Private Collection.
I would call this series How to Discreetly Show Interest in a Gentleman on the Omnibus.
The cute series starts out quite innocently…and ends with the sure promise of a second meeting. I am missing #5 of the 6 postcards though. I wish I had it! But the story is quite simple, really, and the person who sent these postcards could not resist putting words into the gentleman’s head!
So I added what she’s thinking before the translated comments.
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- Oh no, I have to sit next to a stranger…/ What indifference and timidity, don’t you think?
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- Hm…/ Her look!
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- Well, look at this, could he take more space looking for his handkerchief? / What cute little face she has, hm?
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- “Would you like mine?” /Hm…a nice smile!
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- “And this, take this too.” / This is probably going to get serious.
Both models were sitting on chairs, with the design of the omnibus line added later. The third has a misspelling too! But the line did exist, and if you’re curious to see what omnibus these two would have been on, here’s an image of the Madeleine-Bastille line omnibus of the era:
Source: famillefine.free.fr
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
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.
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