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Minnie Hauk Carte de Visite, European Photo

June 15th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Austria. CdV., memorabilia, music, opera, photograph
Soprano Minnie Hauk Carte de Visite, CdV, decorative reverse. 2,5 x 4 inches, (64 x 104 mm), very fine condition. Amalia Mignon Hauck (Minnie Hauk, 1851 - 1929) was an American operatic soprano. She was born in New York City. In 1862, Hauk began vocal studies with Achille Errani, at age fourteen she made her debut in Brooklyn and a month later, her New York City debut. In the American

Zeppelin: Japanese vintage Postcard

June 9th, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Japan, photograph, vintage photo, vintage postcard
Old Japanese Photo-Postcard, depicting a Zeppelin-airship over a Japanese village. Real photo as postcard. Unused, minor wear, app. 1915

Japanese Lady in Hawaii. Albumen Photo, 1880ies

June 1st, 2010 | Comments Off | Posted in Albumen Photo, Japan, photograph, photography
Hilo, Hawaii: Albumen photo depicting a young Japanese lady in a garden. The photograph is from app. 1885. 4,6 x 7,2 inches (11 x 18 cm). Fixed on paper at the corners. Fine condition. MORE Japanese Albumen Photos: HERE

Japanese Kids in Litter. Tinted Albumen Photo, 1880s

October 23rd, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in Japan, photograph, vintage photo
Antique Japan Photograph: Albumen photo, thin paper, fixed on paper with small glue spots at he corners. The photo depicts two Japanese children, carried in a sedan by 2 men. 3,5 x 5,5 inches, sharp photo, fine condition, app. 1880.

Emile Sauret Card de Visite. French Composer.

March 5th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in CdV, composer, photograph, portrait photo
Émile Sauret CdV. Photo by Joseph Rziwanek in Wien.Émile Sauret (22 May 1852, Dun-le-Roi, France - 12 February 1920, London) was a French violinist and composer. Sauret wrote over 100 violin pieces, including a famous cadenza for the first movement of Niccolò Paganini's First Violin Concerto and the "Gradus ad Parnassum" (1894).He began European tours at the age of eight. Sauret made his American