Cavelle

 
Miss Marie George

 
Nina Boucicault

 
Miss Olive May

 
Miss Phyliss Dare

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"Adrienne Augarde" donning a large hat over flowers in her hair, hand-colored / tinted real photo postcard, A. L. Series, tiny spots on back from production process. Edwardian-era star of theater & Broadway. $10.00 mnt

    "MABEL GREEN / [AL monogram] E 138" showing the actress & vocalist (performed 1903 - 1924) posing with a prop lyre (too few strings to be real), tinted real photo post card, unused, fairly fresh. $12.00 mnw(a)t NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

    "Mary Mannering" seated on the arm of a chair, wearing a large hat with flowers & with a small bouquet at her waist, hand-colored  /  tinted real photo on undivided back postcard from American Post Card Company's OK series, unused, album marks & browning on back due to album contact, good edges. $15.00 nt*

    "MISS MARGARET ANGLIN" hand-tinted / colored real photo postcard, Bamforth Series D No. 2040 we learn from the back, mailed 1914 to Indiana, mild corner & edge wear. Miss Anglin was a celebrated Canadian actress who appeared in many Broadway theater productions. By 1914 she had become a US citizen, and she became a director and producer in her own right. $8.50 ntc

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9 DIFFERENT HAND-TINTED REAL PHOTO  POSTCARDS
DEPICTING A PRODUCTION OF FAUST

Painstaking Tinted, the Detail Is Interesting Even When Magnified.
Condition Notes:  All Have writing on back,
2 Mailed with Stamp on Front (Example Above),
All light toning on back, 2 Have corner crease (1 of Which is Faint).
Begging to be framed.

$75.00 postpaid & insured to a US address.

"115 - GENOVA - Teatro Carlo Felice" with a few pedestrians & a handcart, color cartolina postale, album marks at front corners, 3 initials neatly in the bottom message area (otherwise no writing), back paper starting to brown with age. $5.00 it

   "11884.  Cecil Hotel and Theatre, Mason City, Ia." color postcard from Acmegraph, circa 1913, small corner crease. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 it##

"12-EASTMAN THEATRE AND EASTMAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC, ROCHESTER, N. Y." showing its exterior bedecked with flags, as it looked in 1934; unused linen postcard from Rochester News Company, tiny corner crease. $2.50 ntm

    "16 EXCOMMUNICATION OF THE COMANDANTE, 2ND ACT  MISSION PLAY, SAN GABRIEL, CAL." unused white-border era postcard from Pacific Novelty Co., minor corner wear. $3.75 c(s)tc

"1775  Opera House, Cherokee, Iowa" black & white post card mailed 1907, one corner with multiple creases, two black ink spots on the building, other front toning noticeable in the front border & image sky. Poster wording may yield to magnification. Built in 1890, it became the Rialto Theater after World War I, and burned down in 1938. As is. $2.50 i(c)t NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

    "47364  Gibraltar - Theatre Place" color post card on unused undivided back, fresh appearance both sides. $7.50 gt

"73  BREST. -- Le Théâtre et la Rue d'Aiiguillon. -- The Theatre and Aiguillon Street. -- LL." including several military amongst the pedestrians, color post card, much writing on back from serviceman S. P. Johnson dates to 1919, slight yellowing of the paper with age. $3.75 tf

    "798 - SOUVENIR de MONTE-CARLO" showing four black & white views--casino exterior & interior, theater & panorama; unused, green back with light toning at the edges. Printed at a slight tilt. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 mmt

    "801--Earl Carroll Theater-Restaurant, Hollywood, California / 1B-H2155" showing the exterior with readable signs as it looked in 1941, linen postcard on grayish paper (common in war years), trivial corner wear. $2.50 ct%. Same but mailed 1943, two corners creased. Shown. $2.00 ct

    "820--Radio Center, Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California" showing the NBC building & the Earl Carroll Theater on a moonlit night, unused linen post card. $2.50 crt%

"8. SAGUNTO.-Teatro Romano. Colección epigrafica Inscripciones Ibéricas y romanas" showing the ruins of an ancient theater in Spain, sepia-tone real photo postcard from Fotografias Roisin, very late usage at Stockland Illinois, yellowish paper, considerable corner & edge wear. $1.75 st

"Active Cultures Theatre presents // PETRI / DISH / CIRCUS // ... / The history of Microbiology in nine scenes of gags, burlesque, drollery and song" unused continental postcard publicizing performances at Joe's Movement Emporium in Mount Rainier Maryland, full color both sides, near mint. $1.50 tm NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

    "Adams Memorial Museum / Deadwood - S. Dak." Including a theatre in the background, unused EKKP real photo from Moen Photo Service, composition a bit tilted. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg (238,251 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 st

"ANTIGONE / BY JEAN ANOUILH / DIRECTED BY MICHAEL DOVE" unused continental publicity postcard for performances at the Forum Theatre in Washington DC, near mint. Cast included Katie Atkinson, Fiona Blackshaw & Frank Britton. $1.50 td NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

    "APRIL 1-16, 2005 / Macbeth /  BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE / FIFTH THIRD THEATER..." picturing 9 members of the cast, unused continental postcard with nonprofit organization postage paid permit #1635), near mint. $2.00 ot

    "a scena theatre production / Huis clos / de jean-paul sartre / (no exit)" unused continental publicity postcard picturing the Nobel Prize-refusing author Jean-Paul Sartre on its front design. The artistic team for this District of Columbia performance included David Crandall, Michael Anne Paulus & Marianne Meadows. Sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 tda

"ASOLO THEATER INTERIOR / Sarasota, Florida" performance in progress looking towards the audience, unused chrome post card from Russell News Agency, trivial wear to 2 corners. $1.25 tf

    "BANG BANG MACHINE / >a musical>performance art /  theatre>visual experience / ..." unused continental publicity postcard in near mint condition. A modern classic. $2.50 tm

    "Brandeis Stores Building /  Brandeis Theatre Building" multi-view in color, unused, excellent condition, circa 1910. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 nt

"CAESAREA ..." also captioned in Hebrew on front, showing a night orchestral performance at the Roman theater there; unused continental postcard, fairly neat separation from a booklet. $1.25 it

    Chinese actor in full dress at a rehearsal, mailed April 26 1909 at San Francisco California. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg (182,544 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 ctc#

"CLEAR / STAGE / CINCINNATI / PRESENTS // Driving / Miss Daisy / BY ALFRED UHRY / DIRECTED BY KRISTIN CLIPPARD" unused continental publicity postcard for the Pulitzer Prize winning play challenging Southern stereotypes, near mint. $1.75 to NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

"Collection 'THEATRE ET PHOTOGRAPHIE' (1re série) / LE THEATRE DU SOLEIL / 1. Marline Franck.  'LA NUIT DES ROIS' de Shakespeare - Georges Bigot (Orsino), 1983" unused continental showing that actor in costume close-up. $3.00 t

"Collection 'THEATRE ET PHOTOGRAPHIE' (1re série) / LE THEATRE DU SOLEIL / 3. Marline Franck. Les Loges. Maquillage pour 'LA NUIT DES ROIS' (1983)" unused continental showing several actors & actresses making themselves up for a performance, unusual subject matter. $3.00 t

    "Crowded Boardwalk, Atlantic City, N.J." near the Dunlop Cafe & Savoy Theatre, post card mailed there 1911, speckles of cancel ink in the front sky, 2 small scrapes in the left front, 2 small corner creases, back lightly toned. $3.50 nt

"Das neue Theater in Freiburg i. Br." signed art depicting many people outside a theater, color on grayish paper, very late usage at Houston Illinois, mild corner & edge wear. $3.00 at

    "EC-29 The Baptism of Virginia Dare--A Scene in Paul Green's /  'THE LOST COLONY'--Roanoke Island, North Carolina" unused linen in excellent condition. $2.50 (nt)+

"Eric Overmyer's / Dark / Rapture / Directed by Paul Yakacs" with publicity for a Montgomery College (Tacoma Maryland) play, unused continental postcard, near mint. $1.50 tm(t)c NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

"from back out to south came / the King of the Gestapoes... /  Mr. DEAD / & / Mrs. FREE" unused continental poster-style publicity card for the Best New American Play (OBIE 1982). Wonderful art shows black belly dancer floating in the air. $3.50 tp

    "Front Street Looking East - Richland, Va.  3-c-142" unused Kodak real photo showing the Rexall Drug Store, Hortons & The Star Theater (marquee reads 'Monte Hale in / "Law of the Golden West" and "Tuscon"'). Fresh appearance & good edges. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 vmt

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    "G-231 ENTRANCE TO MOUNTAINSIDE THEATRE, QUALLA INDIAN RESERVATION, CHEROKEE, N.C." linen post card, near mint. $3.75 nti

    "Greek Theatre, University of California" showing a performance in progress, color from M. Rieder (Hand Colored No. 2901), mailed circa 1908 from someone who had seen a moonlight band concert there, slight yellowing of the paper with age, small corner crease, mild corner wear, writing on front. $7.00 tc(u)

"HIGHGATE HALL / Bellvue Theater Building / Est. 1922" showing tables & a mural in the interior, unused chrome post card made by Dexter Press, round corners as issued, light toning in back message area. $1.00 nt

WILDERNESS ROAD
(BEREA KENTUCKY PRODUCTION c.1955)

"Chris Slocumb and Wife / as seen in WILDERNESS ROAD / This is Chris and Mary..." unused postcard, faint tiny spot on front, otherwise fresh. Shown top left.

"Jed Willis and George Farris / as seen in WILDERNESS ROAD / The Honorable Jed plays politics here...." unused post card, fresh appearance. Shown top center.

"Squire Sims and Family / as seen in WILDERNESS ROAD / The Squire is in the center..." unused postcard, fresh appearance. Shown top right.

"The Freeman Family / as seen in WILDERNESS ROAD / Here is Mrs. Freeman and her sons..." unused post card, fresh appearance. Shown bottom left.

"Uncle Eph Cummings, with Abner Donovan / as seen in WILDERNESS ROAD / Uncle Eph is distant kin to Elizabeth..." unused postcard, fresh appearance. Shown bottom right.

First 4 of the above post cards sold but still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (about 771% of original print area) & enhanced 200-dpi scans in .jpg or .tif format. $2.00 each. Uncle Eph & Abner post card also sold but still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50. Special price for all 5 scans: $8.00. tk(b)

"Ingresso del Teatro Antico  Taormina / Stengel & Co., Dresdea  13193" black & white with red caption on unused cartolina postale, good edges, paper browning evenly with age. $6.00 tss

"KIT / MARLOWE / by David Grimm / directed by Jessie R. Gallogly" unused continental publicity postcard for performances at the Rorschach Theater in Washington DC, near mint. Design from a photo by Marigan O'Malley-Posada. $1.50 td

"…Latvian SSR. Riga. The State Academic Drama Theatre / Lettische SSR. Riga. Staatliches Akademisches Drama-Theater" showing the exterior of the building, also captioned in 2 other languages, seller's mark on back, no postcard back (more like a museum card), fresh appearance. $1.25

“L. Popova / Collage Design - / Set for “Magnanimous Cuckold”, 1922” unused continental postcard, copyrighted, a little writing on back. The playwright was Belgian Fernand Crommelynk. $1.00 t NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

"LS-105 /  GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATRE / Holywood…" showing the exterior, unused chrome postcard, corner & edge wear. $1.00 ct

    "LV-8 / HOTEL NEW FRONTIER /  Las Vegas, Nevada / The all-star cast of the Silver Slipper Theater..." showing a performance in progress, unused chrome post card with good edges. $2.50 nt

"Madlab Theatre / PRESENTS / TMX07 / ELVES V. REINDEER" unused continental publicity postcard for 2007 performances in Columbus Ohio, full color both sides, near mint. $1.50 to(c)

"Matthew's Miracle, March 21-23…" announcement of a Seventh-day Adventist play at World Headquarters in Silver Spring Maryland, continental size but no postcard back, front fresh, back has toned area from printing process. $1.00 mtr

    "Mexican Players / Padua Hills, California" real photo mailed 1949, writer supplies interesting commentary. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (c(p)tc)

    "Nationalteatrety Oslo…86." Unused real photo post card, small stain at left edge shows both sides, soft corners. $2.00 (nt)%

    "NIXON THEATRE, / PITTSBURGH. / Photo by Johnston" color postcard from the Union News Company (980), mailed there 1912, stamp fell off but we will send it along, upper corner crease, tiny bottom corner crease, other edge wear is minor. $4.50 p(p)t

    (Noh play, caption in Japanese) Mailed Nagasaki in 1921 to US but stamp removed. soft corners. $5.00

   "Opernhaus   Schauspielhaus / Gruss aus Berlin" showing the opera house & theater, color, mailed there 1895 to Oneida Illinois via New York (clear cancels, 10-pfg rate), long crease & corner crease, two top corners chipped away, rare, as is. $8.00 gmt

    "Orpheum Theatre, / Southwest Corner of Public square, / Marion, Ill.--4" with long poster for 'SUBWAY SADIE' out front, unused white-border era from E. C. Kropp, faint pencil writing in stamp box, otherwise excellent. $4.00 imtp

   "OUTDOOR THEATER, COKER COLLEGE, HARTSVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA" sepia-tone post card mailed there 1940. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as a full-size & enhanced 72-dpi scan in .jpg or .tif format. $1.50 (sct)

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    "PADUA HILLS THEATRE / CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA" unused real photo. Postcard sold. Still available for scholarly study & research as an enlarged (almost 2x original postcard area) 100-dpi scan in .jpg (220,260 bytes) or .tif format. $1.50 (ct)

    "Palmer Fountain, Detroit, Mich." monochromatic green on post card with undivided back, from H. L Woehler (no. 1055, minor corner rounding, otherwise quite fresh. Signage includes 'Wright, Kay & Co.' & 'Wonderland / Vaudeville / Entrance'. $9.50 mt

"PANTASTIC! / MANILA BULLETIN // THE INTERNATIONAL SMASH HIT MUSICAL! // Peter / Pan // OPENS JUNE 1st 2007 HKAPA LYRIC THEATRE" unused copyrighted continental publicity postcard in English & Chinese, trivial corner wear, otherwise excellent condition. (2 available) $1.25 each. ht

    "PARSONS MAT. / NIGHT NOV. 8 / THE (CORNELL) ROWING and / COLUMBIA YACHTING GIRLS in / Simple Simon Simple" black & white image with partly red captioning on undivided back postcard mailed 1905 at Hartford Connecticut, minor corner wear, toning both sides. Based on a book by Otis F. Wood & Charles H. Brown, this Broadway musical first opened October 30 1905 for a short 8 performances; then came this production. $25.00 s(r)s(y)c(h)c(c)tm NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

    "Parthenon Theatre, Berwyn, Ill.--10" showing 'THE RAGMAN / WITH /  JACKIE COOGAN' on the marquee, the corner drug store & barber pole in front of it & more; unused white-border era from E. C. Kropp, trivial corner wear, faint corner crease. $4.00 imt%

    "PER UN BACIO...!" (for a kiss in Italian) real photo of a curtain call, faint penciled arrow points out a actress, light toning on back, slight oxidation, minor wear at 2 corners. $5.00 t

"PHOTO BY TOKYO ASAHI A SCENE OF NOH STAGE" showing theater performance in progress, color chrome from Japanese Government Railways in Tokyo, pertinent pertinent information on back, mild corner & edge wear, mailed in US 1960. $2.00 jt

    "Plan to See the / Trial of Jack McCall / for the Killing of / WILD BILL HICKOK..." at Deadwood South Dakota, unused theater publicity postcard on red stock, small stagecoach design on back, number hand-written on back. $1.75 sct*%

"PLAYHOUSE, RIDGEFIELD, CONN." chrome mailed there 1956, stamp removed. $1.00 ct

"ROYAL SHAKESPEARE THEATRE, / STRATFORD-UPON-AVON /  THE STAGE FROM DRESS CIRCLE" unused continental printed by Photo Precision Limited, fresh appearance. $1.00 te%

    "SCENE FROM THE EXCITING OUTDOOR MUSICAL / 'HATFIELDS & McCOYS / ... / ... Beckley, West / Virginia, June through August." including a banjo player, unused chrome postcard, excellent condition. $1.50 mtw NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

    "Sebastian Hofmüller / a. Mime. // Verlag Jos. P. Böhm / München 1904" showing the Bavarian actor mimicking a blacksmith making a sword at an anvil, real photo post card with undivided back, album marks on the back, slight curl to the paper, a little wear to the bottom edge. Rare & unforgettable. $20.00 tbg NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

    "SHAW FESTIVAL, 1991 /  Hedda / Gabler" showing a scene from a rehearsal at the Court House Theatre (Niagara-on-the-Lake Ontario), mailed 1992 at Syracuse New York, one serrated edge, 2 tiny & inconspicuous corner bends. David Cooper photography. $3.75 to

    "TAORMINA  Panorama del Teatro Greco con veduta dell'Etna" showing ruins in Sicily, undivided back post card but mailed 1959. $2.75 st+

    "THE AMERICAN THEATRE WING STAGE DOOR CANTEEN. Stars of stage, screen, radio, / vaudeville and music worlds provide food, dancing and entertainment to service men--all free nightly." signed cartoon art mailed by soldier in 1943, printed in USA, lightly toned back, 2 internal creases (one small), trace of cancel ink on front. Nice social history item. $3.00 ast

    "THE BANCROFT GARDENS & MEMORIAL THEATRE /  STRATFORD-ON-AVON" including a small boat & some swans, color postcard mailed in the United States. mild corner wear & rounding. $2.75 egt+

"The Berkshire Playhouse in Stockbridge, Massachusetts." showing a corner view of its exterior, unused chrome postcard from a photo by Nick Ruscio, fairly fresh. $1.25 mt

"The KNOWTHEATRE Tribe presents / A Tribal Minds production of / Iris / by Frank J. Avella..." unused continental postcard with postage paid under permit #1053, pertinent details about the production in 2 colors on back, near mint. Design by Jacquelyn Vaughn will be a classic of the future. $2.00 ot

"THE MAIDS / BY JEAN GENET // SCENA THEATRE" unused continental publicity postcard for the Washington DC theater, near mint. Cast included Jenifer Deal, Nanna Ingvarsson & Danielle Day. $1.50 td

"The New Theatre, New York City" sepia-tone post card on yellowish paper within brown & embossed borders, very late usage at Eddyville, corner crease, small corner crease, lightly toned front, stain along one back edge, as is. $2.25 nt

    "TOURS." color multiview on undivided back with 3 scenes--vue générale, le théâtre, la cathédrale; brownish paper, very late usage in US, small piece of one corner missing, small ding in top edge. $5.00 fmct

    "VALLADOLID / TEATRO DE CALDERÓN / 478 HAUSER Y MENET, MADRID" monochromatic dark green on unused postcard with undivided back, paper browning evenly with age, good edges. $7.00 st

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    "William Elliott as Raymond, in his address to the jury / in defense of 'Madame X' (his mother), now / playing Chicago Opera House" unused black & white post card in vertical format, small corner crease not into the image, toning from album contact both sides. $10.00 mti(c)l NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

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"ASCO A" credit-card size calendar for 1991, 3-dimensional color view of one of the Azov Shipping Company container ships on the front. Nice. $2.00 s(o)c3

"CATHAY HOTEL / Centrally situated in the town of Lautoka, Headquarters of the North Western District of / Viti Levu…" unused chrome post card, Curteich 3-D Natural Color Reproduction, corner crease, internal crease, lacks freshness. In Fiji. $1.00 ft

"Deep in the Valley, Rarotonga" showing a young native woman in the Cook Islands with exceptionally long hair, unused chrome postcard distributed by J. & P. Ingram & Co., Curteich 3-D natural color, fresh appearance & good edges. $2.00 ct%

"GAY CROWDS PARADE THE BROADWALK(sic) / ALONG THE OCEAN BEACH AT / DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA" including a portion of a Ferris wheel at the left, unused chrome postcard, Curteich 3-D natural color, fairly fresh. $1.25 f(d)3

"HOTEL MOCAMBO / On a hilltop overlooking Nadi International / Airport…" unused chrome postcard, Curteich 3-d Natural Color Reproduction, fresh appearance. $1.50 f3#

"The Reno Arch and Virginia Street" with many readable signs--Harolds, Primadonna, Nevada Club...; unused early chrome postcard, Curteich 3-D Natural Color Reproduction, good edges. $1.50 nt

"Virginia Street, Reno, Nevada" with Harolds Club & Nevada Club prominent, unused early chrome post card, Curteich 3-D Natural Color Reproduction. $1.50 nt

"Z-Cardz™ sample consisting of a motorcycle that has been correctly assembled from a card smaller than a regular postcard, including its protective box. Intricate & colorful, ready for display. $1.00 m3

"Z / Cardz™ // The cardz / that turn into / 3-D models! //  SKY FIGHTERS SERIES 1" unopened box with F-14 Tomact, MIG-21 Fishbed, F-16 Falcon, AH-64 Apache helicopter & MIG-29 Fulcrum. Toy for ages 6 & up. Cards are smaller than regular size postcards. $2.50 a(m)3

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    "Die Rüdelsburg an D. Saale" monochromatic dark green postcard, many signatures on back (probably a souvenir from a tourist group), writing on back dates to 1938. $2.50 (t)

    "Erfurt  Sonntagsconcert vor dem Divisionsgebäude" showing an Sunday concert before the Division Building, color Postkarte from Gerhard Blümlein & Co. (Nr. 4845), writing on front as was permitted then. Mailed there 1908, but we suspect an earlier date for the scene due to the absence of vehicular traffic. $6.00 tm NEW / NOUVEAU / NOU

    "Gruss aus Reinhardsbrunn" color post card from W. Zinke, art showing swans swimming on an estate pond, mailed 1897 from Friedrichroda to Magdeburg (clear cancels), heavily toned back, corner wear & rounding. $25.00 (tg)

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