Adolphe Menjou and Kathryn Carver, hand-colored postcard – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This vintage postcard of Adolphe Menjou and Kathryn Carver, hand-colored postcard brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Adolphe Menjou and Kathryn Carver, hand-colored postcard
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Adolphe Menjou, who later became one of Hollywood's best-known polished leading men, appears here alongside Kathryn Carver in a card that was colored by hand, a finish that was common on early picture postcards. Cards like this were often made of stage and screen performers and sold or mailed as keepsakes, and a romantic pairing made them suitable for holiday sending, including Valentine's Day. The card sits on a board of Victorian couples, but its clothing, printing, and color treatment point to the postcard fashions of the early twentieth century, when many fans collected images of performers.
| Original scan | 804 × 507 px |
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| Reference | Img134 |
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