February 14, 2025
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…
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March 15, 2020 No Comments
This poster postcard was created especially for the third of California’s Orange Days – March 18, 1916. It shows bright and attractive images that are based primarily on one of the missions along the Mission Trail that today is nearly overwhelmed by Interstate 5 and California Rt. 1. This card is one of many devoted […]