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Lot 449

RPPC Ventriloquist Pierrot Group Portrait Mailed to Paris France

Estimate: $50 - $1,000
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Real photo postcard depicting a group of performers in Pierrot costumes with a ventriloquist dummy figure incorporated into the ensemble, photographed in a theatrical group portrait arrangement. The combination of Pierrot-costumed human performers with a ventriloquist figure suggests a concert party or troupe format in which the ventriloquist act was embedded within a broader ensemble production. The reverse was mailed and bears a British red stamp with postmark, addressed to Miss Goodman, 25 Rue Ruhmkorff, Ternes, Paris, France, with the publisher identified as Carpenter, Photographer, Ramsey. The international mailing of a British seaside or concert party postcard to a Paris address is an unusual and charming detail, and the combination of Pierrot costuming, group format, and Continental address makes this one of the more distinctive cards in this collection. The reverse reads: Mailed POST CARD reverse published by Carpenter Photographer Ramsey, with British stamp and postmark, addressed to Miss Goodman, 25 Rue Ruhmkorff, Ternes, Paris, France. Handwritten inscriptions read: Ink address inscription on reverse.

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