GABY DESLYS: BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED ACTRESS, DANCER & SINGER: PRETTY HAT : RPPC for Sale

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GABY DESLYS: BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED ACTRESS, DANCER & SINGER: PRETTY HAT : RPPC For Sale

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GABY DESLYS: BEAUTIFUL AND TALENTED ACTRESS, DANCER & SINGER: PRETTY HAT : RPPC:
$32.00

This vintage real photo postcardfeatures a portrait of the multi talented actress, dancer, and singer, Gaby Deslys (1881-1920). Miss Deslys performed at the beginning of the twentieth century in both Europe and the United States. She was extremely popular worldwide. In fact, she was able to earn four thousand dollars a week when performing in the United States. She performed several times on Broadway. She had a dance named after her, “The Gaby Glide” (1911). You can find the sheet music, with Gaby on the cover, elsewhere on . Her love life was the topic of much public gossip. She probably added to the sensationalism surrounding her by posing in a number of risque postcards. She was courted by many wealthy and powerful men, including the King of Portugal. Her life was cut short by the “Spanish” influenza. This postcard is not at all common.It was published by E. A. Schwerdtfeger Company of London and printed in Berlin (no. 0291/1). The company also had an office in New York (opened in 1910). This publishing house printed many different types of real photo postcards but was known for its hand-colored real photo postcards of actresses and fashionable women in exotic costumes. The photographer was the Talbot studio. The creator of Miss Deslys’s hat is also credited (Lewis).This particular real photo postcard stands out because it offers a colorized and very clear view of this beautiful and talented performer. This postcard portrait is in very good condition (see scans).