M. Ruth Sylvia "Tattooed Woman"
Printed Photo Postcard. Beautifully shot portrait of this German tattooed woman who sports ink pictures of the European rulers of her day, including Czar Nicholas. Austrian postmark, though Karlsbad is the city given in the coresspondance from a father to his son in Kansas City, MO. On verso: The card is postmarked June 1908. Published by "KUNSTANST PAUL SCHAERF, GERA, R.".........[Paul Schaerf (1868-1917), publisher and impresario was born in Gera-Reuss / Thuringia in 1868. From 1902 to 1914 he published the magazine "Der Impresario".