Antique postcards 1910s. Cinema actress Ivy Lilian Close
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2 Antique cards with the English beauty queen and cinema actress Ivy Lilian Close
Used before. Watercolor hand colored B/W print
Belle Époque actress. 1910s
“Premier Prix de Beauté” 1908
1 in stock
Description
Miss Ivy Lilian Close (GMR-B, Déposé Series 4012)
This is a collection of 2 portraits of 1910s cinema actress
Condition: used, but good antique condition.
Dimensions: about 9 cm x 14 cm (common measure for antique cards)
Technique: b/w photo print, watercolor hand colored
This list is for 2 ORIGINAL 1900s postcards, not a scan or facsimile.
Actress in both cards is Ivy Lilian Close (1890-1968)
She established Ivy Close Films in 1914 with her first husband (the filmmaker Elwin Neame) one of the first movie production companies founded by a film star.
In 1908 she has been named as the World’s Most Beautiful Woman by the British tabloid Daily Mirror, becoming generally recognized as Britain’s first beauty queen. Thats why in these postcards you can read “Premier Prix de Beauté””English Beauty” and “Preisgekrönte”. Later she won again on the competition agains the US most beautiful woman, so she can be considered as the first Miss World.
Besides acting, her other pursuits were motorcycling and golf. She also worked as a model in advertising campaigns and sang in English music halls. She was a cinema pioneer, with 44 films between 1912 and 1929.
The cards will be shipped from Spain by airmail, you can choose tracking number postage if you prefer.
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