August 28, 2026
Tag: Caroline Otéro
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Meet the Lady Known as “La Belle”
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The early 20th century was an era when young women who were willing to flaunt their private “attributes” could win the affection of many men the likes of whom could be stable-boys to kings. Caroline Otéro was one such lady. Men loved her; women were jealous. Meet the women known as “La Belle.”
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Bookmark Postcards
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Recently a collection of eight Reutlinger (the well-known publisher in Paris) postcards came to my attention. I have seen bookmark size cards often, but these interested me because seven of the eight appear to be addressed by the same hand to Mademoiselles at addresses in the Cher Department, a French “region,” in West-Central France that…
Past Article
January 28, 2021 8 Comments
For many Americans and Canadians alike, the border between our two nations is our first international border-crossing experience. I remember my first crossing; all I had to do was tell the agent where I was born. It’s more complicated today, but here is a postcard account of what it was like years ago.