Nijinsky & Pavlova

                                 Vaslav Nijinsky (March 12, 1889 - April 8, 1950)

                                  Vaslav Nijinsky in Le Spectre de la Rose, c. 1911

                                -Photograph by E.O Hoppe - The Mansell Collection

                                                         ©Fotofolio - EH 11

Nijinsky, the Legend - Russian Ballet History

www.russianballethistory.com/nijinskythelegend.htm

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                            Anna Pavlova (February 12, 1881 - January 23, 1931)

Anna Pavlova, Théatre des Champs Elysées, Paris, 1927

-Photograph by James Abbe

© Kathryn Abbe, Private Collection

Fotofolio

Anna Pavlova, the Legend - Russian Ballet History

www.russianballethistory.com/annapavlovathelegend.htm

Mozart Concerto by Dufy, Ed. Stehli

                                            Mozart Concerto by Raoul Dufy (1877-1953)

   

                                              - Edition Stehli, Switzerland, 1960s,
                                                                Postcard No. 6017


          RAOUL DUFY, THE GREAT FRENCH FAUVIST PAINTER & DESIGNER

                                              www.historyofpainters.com/dufy.htm

                                                               

I Gatti di Venezia

             -Renzo Narduzzi, "Ponte dei Gesuiti", Venezia;  Filippi Editore Venezia

                                                      I gatti de Venezia - YouTube

                                           www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXvn8aDQ07Y

                                                                                                                                       

"Glædelig Jul!" by Carl Røgind

                                                                                 
                            GLÆDELIG JUL!  by Carl Røgind (1871 - 1933)  Danish Illustrator
                                                  Nissen og Katten på Gave-Uddeling
                                                               
                                                                                                       - Postcard ca. 1910                                              

Postcards of Paola, Kansas, c. 1912

                                                              ~ City Park, Paola, Kansas, c. 1912 ~
                                                                    Real Photo Postcard (RPPC)
                                                                                            ~
                                 Note Henson-Woodman Hardware & Stoves across the street.

Real Photo Postcards (RPPC), in popular use from around 1903 to 1930,
provided an opportunity for everyone to produce their own cards for mailing.

The photograph was taken by a special Kodak camera that could make postcards
using special postcard-sized film.  The image would be developed directly from
the negative onto postcard backs.  The picture postcards produced were good
quality photographs, in both matte or shiny finishes.

The blank side was divided like any commercially-made postcard, with places
for the address and the message provided.  Postcard stamps in 1912 were 1¢.

                                   Real Photo Postcard ~ Typical look of the reverse side, c. 1912.

If you can remove old black and white photographs from family albums, you
might discover that some are in fact postcards ~ a ready-made card with a
custom photograph taken by your grandparents or great-grandparents!

                                 Water Works Dam ~ Paola, Kansas, c. 1912, RPPC

                                 Julia at the Water Works Dam, Paola, Kansas, c. 1915
                                                             (family photograph)                                                
                                                                            ~

Watch a video about the history of Paola, Kansas, 

produced by the Chamber of Commerce, courtesy of YouTube. 

                                  www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss4VKYqNH5Y                                           

                                                           

Vintage Thanksgiving

                                         ~ GOOD WISHES FOR THANKSGIVING DAY ~
                                           Embossed ~ Printed in Saxony c.1910, No. 870                                                            

"Airs Above the Ground"

        The Spanish Riding School of Vienna

                  Spanish Riding School Vienna/ Spanische Hofrietschule Wien
                                   -Postcard photos by Hans H. Rau, Vienna,
                                       from a folio "Das schöne Wien", c. 1970.

The Spanish Riding School of Vienna presents a thrilling equestrian spectacle
featuring the high-stepping maneuvers of the world-famous Lipizzaner stallions.
These "Airs Above the Ground", originally used on the battlefield as defensive
postures, became the centerpiece of this fantastic equine ballet.

      - Postcard folio photo by Hans H. Rau, Vienna, c. 1970                                                                
If you plan to visit Vienna, click on the link to the Vienna Ticket Office website
for a performance schedule:  www.viennaticketoffice.com/detail_en.php?ID=77 .

Wein Museum has an extensive collection of historical postcards, and is looking to
augment its collection with examples dating from 1945 to the present, including
the work of Hans H. Rau.  When you access the website, click on Collections,
then click on Topography and Urban Development, and then click on Picture
Postcards:   www.wienmuseum.at/en/collections .