I have a lot of Maude Fealy postcards. This particular one shows her with a hat. I'm not a hat aficionado, although sometimes I long back to the days men had to wear top hats. This hat looks like it has been made out of ostrich feathers, it suits her well I think. Maude played in several silent movies. At one point (1913/1914) she even was positioned as a strong competitor to Mary Pickford.
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She's gorgeous. I'll have to learn more this actress. I think I read somewhere that the fad for ostrich feathers of that era pretty much decimated the bird population...
ReplyDeleteThe hat fits the hairdo nicely.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful woman in a great hat.
ReplyDeleteShe's a beauty!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful lady and a gorgeous hat.
ReplyDeleteI have to echo the other comments - she's beautiful and her hat is lovely.
ReplyDeleteI watched a video on YouTube about how some birds like egrets were decimated by the hat fads. There were ostrich farms, so maybe that kind of hat didn't affect the wild birds.
ReplyDeleteWonderful. I have a few Maude Fealy postcards, but none as good as this. She really was a beautiful woman.
ReplyDeleteShe is so lovely and the photograph shows her in a good light too. the hat suits her perfectly. This is a gem.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful photo!
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS- I love this pic! I'd love more photos of actresses. I don't need an excuse to buy more photos though!
ReplyDeleteThe "hat" does seem to perfectly form around her beautiful hair. I have never heard of her before. She is very lovely. I wonder if any of her movies survive.
ReplyDeleteAnd a lovely girl she was too. Ostrich feathers were de rigeur, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteShe has a classic beauty about her, a rarity today. She doesn't even seem to have much makeup on, flawless skin, she is certainly immortalized in this picture. I wonder if she had any daughters and were they as beautiful as she??
ReplyDeleteShe has a classic beauty about her, a rarity today. She doesn't even seem to have much makeup on, flawless skin, she is certainly immortalized in this picture. I wonder if she had any daughters and were they as beautiful as she??
ReplyDeleteShe is stunning! I've never heard of her, but will be doing a bit of sleuthing.
ReplyDeleteYou cleverly not only work hats in but Mary Pickford as well - a double themer. It's a lovely hat - it almost seems to develop naturally from her head and hair.
ReplyDeleteShe's simply beautiful, with or without the hat.
ReplyDeleteOh my, what a beautiful woman - she is so serene looking. Her hat is gorgeous! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteA fine postcard of timeless beauty. The demand for feathers used in ladies hats of this era is an interesting environmental issue. If women knew then what we know now, would they have changed their fashion habits?
ReplyDeleteVery pretty with her hair matching the movement and design of the feathers...
ReplyDeleteOh my, beautiful lady and hat. I also had heard something about ostrich feathers on hats having been damaging to their population. There was some other type of bird in the Florida Everglades that was driven extinct because their lovely feathers, altho what bird it was has slipped my memory right at the moment.
ReplyDeleteThat is a nice "clin d'oeil" to lan's prompt, in regards to La Pickford; and a splendid photograph. It has good light and shows the features well, softly...
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Wow, what a beautiful woman in an extraordinary hat! Already, I am now wondering about the backstory...
ReplyDeleteBonny Lass! The Hat Looks Alive..... (in a nice way!)
ReplyDeleteThe lighting in that photograph is simply superb. Great find! Thanks for sharing it.
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