A Gallery of Puppet Shows

Guignol, Kasperletheater, Punch & Judy, Burattini and similar puppet shows.

Puppet show in Ancient Greece Collectible Card
Picture: puppet theatre in ancient Greece (as imagined in the 19th century)
Front Text: "Les marionnettes"
Reverse Text: "Les marionnettes. Les théâtre des marionnettes existaient chez les anciens Grecs [...]" (see reverse scan)
Publisher: Maison des Buscs à l'Ancre; 111
Size: 6.8 x 10.6 cm

Puppet show in Ancient Greece Collectible Card
Picture: children playing with a puppet theatre in ancient Greece (as imagined in the 19th century)
Front Text: "Que c'est beau, la Comédie!"
Publisher: Aux Travailleurs, Magasins de Nouveautés, Paris; Bourgerie et fils ainé, Paris
Size: 11.2 x 7.2. cm

Puppet show in a Renaissance Castle Reverse Text: "Bodleian Library, Oxford, Punch and Judy. Marginal illustration from the Romance of Alexander, a MS, written and illuminated in Flanders, c. 1340. MS Bodl. 264, f. 54v"
Publisher: Cotswold Collotype Company Ltd.
Type: 20th-century reproduction of a 14th-century manuscript, see also Commons
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Puppet show in a Renaissance Castle Collectible Card
Front Text: "Le Trombone - Guignol au Château (Renaissance)"
Publisher: Chocolat Louit, Bordeaux
Size: 11.0 x 8.5 cm

Puppet show in a Dutch town in the Golden Age Reverse Text: "Happy Hollanders"
Publisher: Clifton Fac-Simile Colour Postcard; E. W: Savory,Bristol; Series No. 746
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Venezia: Monastero di San Zaccaria - Parlatorio
Parlatorio del Monastero di San Zaccaria, Venezia, ca. 1746

Puppet show Collectible Card
Publisher: Chocolat Louit
Size: 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Children with toy theatres Collectible Card
Front Text: "Guignol"
Publisher: Chocolat Guérin-Boutron, Paris
Size: 10.6 x 6.4 cm

Teatro dei Burattini Picture: Italian puppet show in the 18th century
Front Text: "Il Teatro dei Burattini (Dipinto ad olio di F. Maggiotto - Sec. XVIII) Milano - Museo Teatrale alla Scala"
Publisher: Edizione del Museo Teatrale alla Scala; Alberto Modiano Tipografo, Milano
Type: 20th-century reproduction of an 18th-century oil painting by Francesco Maggiotto
Size: Modern
Not sent.

German puppet show Picture: German Kasperl-Theater, ca. 1805
Reverse Text: "Puppentheatersammlung der Stadt München. Opiz, Georg Emanuel (1776-1841). Kasperltheater / Gouache"
Publisher: Münchner Stadtmuseum, München
Type: 20th-century reproduction of a 19th-century gouache by Georg Emanuel Opiz
Size: Modern
Not sent.
Stuttgart: Cannstatter Volksfest
Cannstatter Volksfest, Germany, 1818
(on a 1935 postcard)

Burattini in Rome, 1833 Picture: puppet theatre in front of the Church of Saints Quirico and Giulitta in Rome, by Achille Pinelli, 1833
Publisher: Zazzle
Type: 2021 reproduction of an 1833 painting (see Commons)
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Theatre Guignol Front Text: "Laurent Mourguet, créateur du Guignol"
Publisher: Agnoletto et fils, Lyon
Type: Maximum Card (France, 4 March 1994)
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Bohemia - Puppet theatre of Matej Kopecky
Puppet theatre of Matěj Kopecký, Bohemia

Kasperle-Theater Collectible Card
Picture: itinerant puppet show in Germany, 19th century
Reverse Text: "Kasperle-Theater (Die Zeit von 1815-1850)"
Publisher: Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Series: Deutsche Kulturbilder, 1936; Nr. 225
Size:
8.5 x 7.0 cm

German puppet show Picture: itinerant puppet show in Germany, 19th century
Front Text: "Kunst bringt Gunst"
Type: Real Photo; 20th-century reproduction of an 1857 print after Ludwig Richter, see also Commons
Size: Classic
Not sent.

French Guignol Theatre, c. 1825 Picture: Candler's Street Fantoccini in England, before 1825
Front Text: "Fantoccini. 'He gives me the motions' Shakespeare.", inscription: "Candler's Fantoncccini Patronised by Royal Fam"
Reverse Text: "With Compliments
Type: 20th-century postcard of a 19th-century engraving by George Cruikshank (see www.birmingham.gov.uk)
Size: Modern
Not sent.

French Guignol Theatre, c. 1825 Picture: French Guginol theatre, c. 1825
Front Text: "L'Oeuvre de Boilly. Le Théâtre Guignol", "Les maitres de l'estampe (époque Charles X) (1825)"
Publisher: ND Phot [Neurdein, Paris]; 506
Type: Divided Back; 20th-century reproduction of a c. 1825 engraving by Louis-Léopold Boilly
Size: Classic
Sent: from France to Uccle (Belgium), 1908

Guignol, late 19th century Picture: detail from "La Comédie humaine" by Jean-Louis Hamon, c. 1852, Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Front Text: inscription: "Théâtre Guignol"
Publisher: Zazzle
Type: 2021 reproduction of an 1852 painting (see Commons)
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Puppet theatre at the Fete de Saint-Cloud, France, 1865 Picture: puppet theatre at the Fête de Saint-Cloud, France, 1865
Front Text: "L'Oeuvre de Daumier (Souvenir de la Fête). Les personnes de l'aimable société, n'importe quel sexe, qui voudraient en faire autant, sont priées de monter sur le théâtre."
Publisher: Collections d'Art et d'Histoire E. S., Paris; 32
Type: Divided Back; 20th-century reproduction of an 1865 print by Honoré Daumier (from the "Petit Journal Pour Rire", No. 263), see www.daumier-register.org
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Puppet show Front Text: "De Poppenkast."
Publisher: Kotting, Amst; Uitg. W. H. J. Dicke, Amst. [Amsterdam]
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: within Amsterdam (Netherlands) [date illegible]

Guignol, late 19th century Picture: Punch & Judy show in England, painting by John Anthony Puller, before 1886
Publisher: Zazzle
Type: 2021 reproduction of a 19th-century painting (see Commons)
Size: Modern
Not sent.

French Guignol Theatre, c19th century, painting by Henri Chanet Picture: French Guginol theatre, 19th century
Front Text: "Salons de Paris - Chanet (Henri) - 'Guignol'"
Reverse Text: "Kasperltheater!"
Publisher: LL [Lévy Fils, Paris]; 18
Type: Divided Back; 20th-century reproduction of a painting by Henri Chanet (fl. 1874-1884)
Size: Classic
Sent: from Paris (France) to Montigny (France), 1913

Guignol Collectible Card
Publisher: Au Grand St. Paul, Paris
Size: 7.0 x 11.6 cm

Guignol Collectible Card
Publisher: Au Bon Marché, Paris; Lith. Baster & Vieillemard, Paris
Size: 12.0 x 8.1 cm

Children with toy theatres Collectible Card
Publisher: Velma Suchard; Serie 245
Size: 10.5 x 6.5 cm

Russian puppet show Picture: puppet show on the streets of London
Front Text: "XCIII, Tate Gallery", "Houghton, 3620, Punch and Judy"
Handwritten Reverse Text: dated 1947
Publisher: printed by Waterlow & Sons, London
Type: 20th-century reproduction of a c. 1860 painting by Arthur Boyd Houghton; see also www.tate.org.uk
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Russian puppet show Picture: itinerant puppet show in Russia
Reverse Text: "L. I. Solomatkin (1837-1883). Petrushka, 1878. Kholst, maslo, 29x22. Gosudarstvenny Russky muzei."
Publisher: Sovetsky Khudozhnik; 1967
Type: 1967 reproduction of an 1878 painting by Leonid Ivanovich Solomatkin; see also Commons
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Guignol, late 19th century Picture: puppet theatre in France, late 19th century
Reverse Text: "Théâtre de marionnettes, Dessin fin 19e siècle."
Publisher: Images d'Epinal-Pellerin; 1982
Type: 1982 reproduction of a late 19th-century popular print published in Épinal, France
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Guignol, late 19th century Picture: puppet theatre in France, illustration from Thomas Crane and Ellen Houghton's children book "Abroad", London 1882
Front Text: inscription: "Théâtre amusant"
Publisher: Zazzle
Type: 2021 reproduction of an 1882 illustration
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Guignol, 1890 Picture: puppet theatre in France, c. 1890
Reverse Text: "'Guignol', La chanson des joujoux. Illustration d'Adrien Marie. Ed. H. Heugel, 1890. Paris, Bibliothèque de l'Heure Joyeuse."
Publisher: Mairie de Paris, Agence culturelle de Paris
Type: late 20th-century reproduction of an 1890 print by Adrien Marie
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Guignol Matchbox Label
Size: 3.0 x 5.6 cm

China - Beijing: traditional puppet theatre
Beijing, China

Guignol Collectible Card
Publisher: Au Printemps, Grands Magasins de Nouveautés, Paris
Size: 10.5 x 7.5 cm

Guignol Collectible Card
Front Text: "Guignol"
Publisher: Mercerie-Bonneterie Lebreton-Guimier, Le Mans
Size: 11.8 x 8.1 cm

Guignol Collectible Card
Publisher: Chocolat & Cacao Supérieurs de la Cie d'Orient P. Loras, Paris/Bruxelles/Usine à Lyon
Size: 13.3 x 8.5 cm

Guignol Collectible Card
Type: Blank Back
Size: 7.0 x 10.0 cm

Guignol Collectible Card
Front Text: "La Joie"
Publisher: Lefèvre-Utile Biscuits
Size: 10.6 x 7.3 cm

Guignol Collectible Card
Publisher: Au Paris Nouveau, Paris; Imp. L. Michel et. Cie, Paris
Size: 12.0 x 8.5 cm

Guignol Collectible Card
Front Text: "Devant Guignol"
Publisher: Chocolat Besnier, Le Mans; B. Sirven, Imprimeur-Éditeur, Toulouse/Paris
Size: 10.5 x 7.3 cm

Guignol Collectible Card
Front Text: "Après les marionnettes de Guignol les Biscuits marionnettes de Georges, c'est fête complète pour tout le monde."inscription: "Marionnettes"
Publisher: Biscuits Georges; Lith. H. Sicard, Paris
Size: 7.0 x 10.2 cm

Guignol Collectible Card
Front Text: "Eh bien, papa, puisque tu as tant de plaisir à voir Guignol, Vas-y, ne te gêne pas pour moi, je vais t'attendre en fumant un cigare.", inscription: "Théâtre de Guignol"
Publisher: Levacher-Giroux, Orléans
Size: 7.5 x 11.3 cm

Guignol Collectible Card
Front Text: "Rêver de Perroquets: Théâtre"
Publisher: A. Benoiston, Maison de Fournitures, Paris
Size: 6.4 x 10.5. cm

Guignol Collectible Card
Front Text: "Une scène intéressante"
Publisher: Chocolat Guérin-Boutron; Vallet, Minot et Cie. Imprimeurs, Paris
Size: 6.3 x 10.6 cm
Guignol Collectible Card
Front Text: "Un drame"
Publisher: Chocolat Guérin-Boutron; Vallet, Minot et Cie. Imprimeurs, Paris
Size: 603 x 9.7 cm
Guignol Collectible Card
Front Text: "Le scandale dans la salle"
Publisher: Grands Magasins du Musée de Cluny, Paris; Vallet, Minot et Cie. Imprimeurs, Paris
Size: 6.3 x 10.5 cm
Guignol Collectible Card
Front Text: "Artiste sifflé"
Publisher: Chocolat Guérin-Boutron; Vallet, Minot et Cie. Imprimeurs, Paris
Size: 6.3 x 10.6 cm

Guignol Collectible Card
Front Text: "Le théâtre Enfantin Guignol et son public. Une représentation dans un jardin public."
Publisher: Chocolat Guérin-Boutron, Paris; Série: Le Théâtre à travers les Âges
Size: 6.6 x 10.6 cm

Guignol Collectible Card
Front Text: "Mots et Devises", "La farce est jouée dit Rabelais en mourant; la pièce est finie furent les dernières paroles d'Auguste. Au théâtre antique, on annonçait la fin de la représentation par ces mots: La pièce est jouée"; inscription: "Guignol"
Publisher: Chocolat rationnel des pharmaciens français
Size: 6.5 x 10.3 cm

Guignol Collectible Card
Reverse Text: "Fahrende Leute II. - 5. Kasperltheater. Kinder seid ihr alle da! / Habt Ihr denn auch Geld mit? Ja! / Wenn ich singe, geht hinten ein Teller herum, / Ihr wißt doch sicher alle, warum! / O bitt' ich schön, laufen Sie doch nicht fort! / Es tut Ihnen nichts, der Teller dort!"
Publisher: Cie. Française L. Schaal & Cie.
Size: 9.3 x 4.7 cm

Children with toy theatres Collectible Card
Publisher: H. Disqué Elephanten-Kaffee; J. Aberle & Co., Berlin; 857
Size: 8.9 x 12.8 cm

Children with toy theatres Collectible Card
Front Text: "Jouets. Les Guignols."
Publisher: Au Bon Marché, Paris
Size: 8.2 x 12.0 cm

Children with toy theatres Collectible Card
Front Text: "Guignol chez soi"
Publisher: J. Jacquet Succr., Issouun
Size: 10.3 x 7.3 cm

Guignol Foldable Collectible Card
Publisher: Au Bon Marché, Paris
Size: 13.4 x 7.6 cm (opened)

Guignol Foldable Collectible Pop-up Card
Front Text: "Théâtre Guignol"
Publisher: Au Bon Marché, Paris
Size: 16.2 x 11.7 cm (opened)

Guignol Foldable Collectible Pop-up Card
Front Text: "Théâtre Guignol"
Publisher: Au Bon Marché, Paris; Imprimerie L. Verger & Cie., Paris
Size: 11.7 x 17.0 cm (opened)

Guignol Collectible Card (with cut-out areas)
Front Text: "Théâtre de marionettes. Acte I."
Publisher: Chocolat de l'Univers
Size: 7.4 x 11.7 cm

Guignol Collectible Card (with possibility to stick [missing] paper figurines through the card to make them appear on stage)
Front Text: "Galactina"
Publisher: Galactina Farine Lactée Supérieure, Bern (Switzerland)
Size: 9.5 x 12.0 cm

Guignol

Guignol Front Text: "Chez Guignol"
Publisher: Hold-to-Light Card
Size: Classic
Sent: to Voulaines (France), 1906

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Guignol Front Text: "Guignol colporteur", inscription: "Le Théâtre de Guignol"
Publisher: Collection Charier, édit., Saumur
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: within Avignon (France), 1903
Guignol Front Text: "Guignol au Tribunal", "Théâtre de Guignol"
Publisher: Collection Charier, édit., Saumur
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.
Guignol Front Text: "Guignol condamné à mort", banner: "Le Théâtre de Guignol"
Publisher: Collection Charier, édit., Saumur
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: within Avignon (France), 1903
Guignol Front Text: "Guignol vagabond", banner: "Le Théâtre de Guignol"
Publisher: Collection Charier, édit., Saumur
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

France - Paris: Theatre Guignol des Champs-Elysees
Paris, France

Guignol Front Text: "Le public non payant au Guignol", " J. Geoffroy"
Publisher: Braun & Cie., Éditeurs, Salons de Paris; 252; 6811
Type: Divided Back
Not sent.

Guignol Front Text: "Nos Chéris - Devant Goignol"
Publisher: C C C & C; 24
Type: Undivided Back
Not sent.

France - Paris: Theatre Guignol des Champs-Elysees
Paris, France

France - Paris: Theatre Guignol des Champs-Elysees
Paris, France

France - Paris: Theatre Guignol des Champs-Elysees
Paris, France

France - Paris: Theatre Guignol des Champs-Elysees
Paris, France

France - Paris: Theatre Guignol des Champs-Elysees
Paris, France

France - Paris: Theatre Guignol des Champs-Elysees
Paris, France

France - Paris: Theatre Guignol des Champs-Elysees
Paris, France

France - Paris: Theatre Guignol des Champs-Elysees
Paris, France

France - Paris: Theatre Guignol des Champs-Elysees
Paris, France

France - Paris: Theatre Guignol des Champs-Elysees
Paris, France

France - Paris: Theatre Guignol du Parc Montsouris
Parc Montsouris, Paris, France

France - Paris: Folies-Bouts-de-Bois
Folies-Bouts-de-Bois, Paris, France

Guignol Front Text: "Guignol"
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Paris (France) to Saint-Germain-en-Laye (France), 1904

Guignol Front Text: "Guignol"
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Paris (France) to London (England), 1902

Guignol Front Text: "Guignol"
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Guignol Front Text: "Guignol"
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Paris (France) to Les Sables d'Olonne (France), 1902

Guignol Front Text: "Guignol"
Handwritten Front Text: "Souvenirs de Po-li-chi-nelle"
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

France - Paris: Theatre Guignol des Champs-Elysees
Paris, France

France - Cabourg: Guignol au Tennis
Cabourg, France

France - Contrexeville: Guignol
Contrexéville, France

France - Saint-Mande: Theatre Guignol
Saint-Mandé, France

France - Le Touquet-Paris-Plage: Theatre Guignol
Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, France

France - Berck: Theatre Guignol
Berck, France

France - Berck: Theatre Guignol
Berck, France

France - Charbonnieres-les-Bains: Theatre Guignol
Charbonnières-les-Bains, France

France - Deauville: Guignol
Deauville, France

France - Deauville: Guignol
Deauville, France

France - Bagneres-de-Luchon: Theatre Guignol du Casino
Bagnères-de-Luchon, France

France - Bagneres-de-Luchon: Theatre Guignol du Casino
Bagnères-de-Luchon, France

France - Vichy: Les Mirmidons
Les Mirmidons, Vichy, France

France - Vichy: Guignol Lyonnais
Vichy, France, 1907

France - Marseille: Exposition Internationale d'Electricite - Theatre Guignol
Marseille, France, 1908

France - Nancy: Exposition de Nancy - Le Guignol
Nancy, France, 1909

France - La Baule-Escoublac: Theatre Guignol
La Baule-Escoublac, France

France - Vittel: Guignol sous la Grande Galerie
Vittel, France

France - Vittel: Guignol de la Grande Source
Vittel, France

France - Vittel: Guignol dans le Parc
Vittel, France

France - Saint-Trojan-les-Bains: Guignol
Saint-Trojan-les-Bains, France

Guignol Front Text: "La journée de Bébé", "J'adore le théatre"
Publisher: R. Girard, éditeur; Chicorée à la Ménagère; Duroyon & Ramette, Cambrai
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Guignol Front Text: "A Guignol"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: to Nantes, 1909

Guignol Front Text: "La v'là! Le v'là! Vive Guignol!"
Publisher: Sazerac Phot.; Croissant, Paris; 3659
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Guignol Front Text: "Le gouter pendant l'entracte"
Publisher: Sazerac Phot.; Croissant, Paris; 3659
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Guignol Front Text: "L'arrestation du coupable"
Publisher: Sazerac Phot.; Croissant, Paris; 3659
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Sent: within Penne-d'Agenais (France), 1910

Guignol Front Text: "Le gendarme est battu Bravo!"
Publisher: Sazerac Phot.; Croissant, Paris; 3659
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Sent: to Mézin, 1909

Puppet shows Front Text: "Guignol. Attente Impatiente!.."
Handwritten Front Text: dated 1904
Publisher: M. A.; I
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Puppet shows Front Text: "On va commencer!..."
Publisher: M. A.; II
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Puppet shows Front Text: "Un passage palpitant"
Publisher: M. A.; III
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Bordeaux to Paris [postmark illegible]

Puppet shows Front Text: "Un interview..."
Publisher: M. A.; IV
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Puppet shows Front Text: "Nous avons l'honneur de vous remercier"
Publisher: M. A.; 5
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Bordeaux to Paris, 1918

Mother with puppets Front Text: "Kasperle Theater", signed: Hermann Kaulbach
Publisher: ?; Nr. 10688
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Puppet shows Publisher: ?; Made in Germany; 1503,4
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Mol (Belgium) to Antwerpen (Belgium), 1908

Puppet shows Front Text: "Ein gerührter Zuschauer."
Publisher: N B C; R 3214/3
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Audience Picture: children in the audience, possibly at a puppet show, possibly in Poitiers, France
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

United Kingdom - London: Punch and Judy shows
Punch and Judy, London, England

Punch & Judy show on a British beach Picture: Punch & Judy show on a British beach
Front Text: "An appreciative audience", signed: Bob.
Publisher: Misch & Co.; 'On the Seashore' Series; No. 280
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Treorchy (Wales) to Derry Ormond (Wales), 1905

French funfair Picture: left: Guignol theatre at a French or Belgian fairground
Publisher: F. N.; No. 13
Type: Blank Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Stuttgart: Cannstatter Volksfest
Cannstatter Volksfest, Germany, 1897

Guignol Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, left: Kasper-Theater
Front Text: inscriptions: "Kasper-Theater", "Schiess-Salon"
Publisher: Gg. Imfang, Frankfurt am Main-Sachsenhausen
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Hayingen/Lothringen (now Hayange, France) to Straßburg (now Strasbourg, France), 1900

Kasperl-Theater Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, very left: Kasperl-Theater
Front Text: inscriptions: "Kasperl-Theater", "Fischweib", stamped: "Gruss von der Constanzer Messe"
Publisher: ?; Nr. 3471
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from the Konstanz-Basel train to Mannheim (Germany) , 1901

German funfairs Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, very left: Kasper-Theater
Front Text: inscriptions: "Kasper Theater", "Der Sieg der Buren", "Riesen Dame aus Samoa Gewicht 300 Kilo", "Schiessbude", "Bitte recht freundlich - Aehnlichkeit garantiert - Schnellphotographie"
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Solingen (Germany) to Stahlheim (= Amnéville, France), 1903

Kasper-Theater Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, very left: Kasper-Theater
Front Text: inscriptions: "Aus dem dunkeln Welttheil", "Florchen die schwerste Dame der Welt", "Herkules-Circus", "Dressierte Hunde"
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from the Leizpig-Chemnitz train (Germany) to Chicago (USA), 1904

German funfairs Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair with a Kasper-Theater (see Commons for a larger scan)
Front Text: "Grus vom Kinderfest", inscriptions: "Kasper-Theater", "Schiess-Salon", "Restauratio[n]"
Publisher: B. B. & O. L. G. M. B. H. [= Bruno Bürger & Ottilie, Leipzig]
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

German funfairs Picture: generic illustration of a German funfair, centre: Kasperltheater
Front Text: "So ein Rummel ist famos, Da ist rein der Deibel los, Alles lacht und singt und schreit, Ueberall Jubel, Heiterkeit.", sign: "Kasperl-Theater"
Publisher: ?; 1640
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Puppet show, by Raffaele Tafuri Front Text: "Le marionette", signed: R. Tafuri
Publisher: Fiechhi & Michiel Ed., Venezia
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Milano (Italy) to Unieux (France), 1900

Napoli: I Burattini
Napoli, Italy

Napoli: I Burattini
Napoli, Italy

Italian puppet show Front Text: "Le guaratelle (Teatrino di marionette)", signed: AD Valle
Publisher: E. Ragozino, Edit., Napoli
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Italian puppet show Reverse Text: "The Italian Modern Masters. Prof. Tornaghi, Serie Pinocchio: Teatro dei burattini" [= Enea Tornaghi?]
Publisher: MACA; V. Revis. Stampa N. 3228; N. 10
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Puppet show Front Text: "Marionetten"
Publisher: Lichtdruk S. Bakker Jz Kong-Zaandijk; 2107
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent [but addressed to Zaandam (Netherlands)].

Germany - Hamburg: Kaspertheater Spielbudenplatz
Hamburg, Germany

Germany - Hamburg: Kaspertheater Spielbudenplatz
Hamburg, Germany

Germany - Hamburg: Kaspertheater Spielbudenplatz
Hamburg, Germany

Germany - Hamburg: Kaspertheater Spielbudenplatz
Hamburg, Germany

Germany - Hamburg: Kaspertheater Spielbudenplatz
Hamburg, Germany

Germany - Verden: Verdener Domweih - Kaspertheater
Verden, Germany

Puppet shows Picture: German political caricature
Front Text: "Ha! Er röchelt noch!", "Europäisches Kasperletheater"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Frankfurt am Main to Amsterdam (Netherlands), December 1914

Puppet shows Picture: soldiers' puppet theatre
Publisher: Alcool de Menthe de Ricqlès; Devambez, grav.
Type: Advertisement Card; Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Guignol Collectible Card
Front Text: "Théâtre"
Publisher: Biscuits Pernot
Size: 11.9 x 8.5 cm

Children with toy theatres Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre
Publisher: Chocolat Lombart
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Children with toy theatres Picture: children with a hand puppet theatre
Front Text: "Le guignol."
Type: Undivided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from France to Paris (France), 1903

Children with toy theatres Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre
Publisher: S. Hildesheimer & Co. Ltd., London & Manchester; Printed in France; No. 5199
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: within London (England), 1906

Children with toy theatres Picture: children palying with an improvised hand puppet theatre; painting by Franziska Schenkel
Front Text: signed: Schenkel
Reverse Text: "Kinderleben: Kasperletheater"
Publisher: Kunstverlag Hans Friedrich Abshagen, Dresden; Nr. 818
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent (but addressed to Royan, France, possibly sent in an envelope).

Children with toy theatres Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre
Front Text: "Joyeux Noël"
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Châteauroux (France) to Chabris (France), 1913

Puppet shows Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Puppet shows Front Text: "Bonne Année"
Publisher: MB; No. 3300
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Gent (Belgium) to Bruggge (Belgium), 1931

Puppet shows Handwritten Front Text: "Guignol!", signature: M. Th.
Handwritten Reverse Text: "Ma Mignonne petite Lucienne, je t'envoie cetter petite carte que j'ai peinte à ton intention. [...] Ta tante [...] Marguerite"
Type: original watercolor painting on a blank card; Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: probably sent in an envelope (no stamp or postmark), addressed to Lucille Doucerain in Lisieux (France)

Puppet shows Publisher: B. K. W. I. [Brüder Kohn, Wien I]; 202
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Den Haag (Netherlands) to Rijswijk (Netherlands), 1932

Children with toy theatres Picture: child with a hand puppet theatre
Front Text: inscription: "Guignol"
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Sent: from Nocé (France) to Préaux (France), 1904

Children with toy theatres Picture: child with a hand puppet theatre
Front Text: inscription: "Guignol"
Publisher: ?; S. 101
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: to Château-du-Loir (France), 1908

Children with toy theatres Picture: children with a home hand puppet theatre
Publisher: N B C; S. L. J. F. F,; 3604/1
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Sent: from Madrid (Spain) to Paris (France), 1914
Children with toy theatres Picture: children with a home hand puppet theatre
Publisher: N B C; S. L. J. F. F,; 3604/4
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Sent: by German Forces' Postal Service, from Warszawa (Poland) to Berlin (Germany), 1917

Children with toy theatres Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre
Front Text: "Kasperle Theater", "Lotte Herrlich"
Publisher: Verlag Trautmann & von Seggern, Hamburg; Serie 123/1
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Paquebot Lafayette: Guignol
Paquebot Lafayette

Paquebot Normandie: Guignol
Paquebot Normandie

Paquebot Normandie: Guignol
Paquebot Normandie

Paquebot Paris: Guignol
Paquebot Paris

Paquebot Ile de France: Guignol
Paquebot Ile de France

Paquebot Ile de France: Guignol
Paquebot Ile de France

Paquebot De Grasse: Guignol
Paquebot De Grasse

Belgium - Tournai: Theatre de Guignol
Tournai, Belgium

Cats watching a puppet show Front Text: "Guignol a du succes!"
Publisher: W S+S B; 4440; Imprimé en Allemagne
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Animal audience / puppet show Picture: anthropomorphic cats watching a puppet show in a Swiss school classroom; drawing by Eugen Hartung
Publisher: Max Künzli, Zürich; No. 4725
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Lugano (Switzerland) to Jemeppe (Belgium), 1958

Rabbits watching a puppet show Reverse Text: "The Punch and Judy Show by Margaret Tempest"
Publisher: The Medici Society, London; Pk 111
Type: Divided Back; later postcard of a 1930s-1960s illustration (?)
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Dogs watching a puppet show Reverse Text: "Les histoires du diable sont toujours amusantes. Duivelsverhalen zijn altijd droolijk."
Publisher: Coloprint; Printed in Belgium
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Bruxelles (Belgium) to Battincourt (Belgium), 1947

Hedgehogs watching a puppet show Front Text: "allemaal poppenkast"
Reverse Text: "Mecki"
Publisher: Gebr. van Rijkom, Amsterdam
Type: Real Photo
Size: Modern
Sent: from Amsterdam (Netherlands) to Wassennaar (Netherlands), 1960

Guignol Collectible Card
Front Text: "Guignol", "Cherchez le Polichinelle" (containing a hidden faces puzzle)
Publisher: André Le Chausseur sachant chausser
Size: 6.4 x 10.0 cm

Guignol Front Text: "Au Guignol. At Theatre. El espectaculo", signed: Melek
Publisher:F. N. édit., Paris
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

France - Paris: Theatre Guignol des Champs-Elysees
Paris, France

Guignol Collectible Card Front Text: "la journée de lili", "à guignol"
Publisher: Chaussures Raoul, Brest (France)
Size: 14.1 x 9.0 cm

Guignol Collectible Card Front Text: "G Guignol", "Où est le gendarme ?"
Reverse Text: instruction on how to cut and fold the card into a little diorama
Publisher: Phosphatine Falières
Size: 12.8 x 6.3 cm

Guignol Collectible Card Front Text: "G Guignol", "Où est le gendarme ?"
Publisher: Paul Chaussures de Luxe 'Au Kroumir', Paris
Size: 6.4 x 9.7 cm

Kasperle-Theater Collectible Card
Front Text: "Kasperle-Theater"
Reverse Text: see Palmin: Die Bühne im Wandel der Zeiten
Publisher: Palmin-Post-Sammelbild; 100. Folge; Bild 5
Size: 7 x 9 cm

Austria - Wien: Kasperl-Theater im Prater
Wien, Austria

Austria - Wien: Kasperl-Theater im Prater
Wien, Austria

Puppet shows Front Text: "Théâtre Guignol.", inscription: "Theater!!!"
Publisher: Phot. Art. S. A., Schnegg, Renens-Lausanne (Switzerland)
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Netherlands - Amsterdam: Poppenkast op de Dam
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Netherlands - Amsterdam: Poppenkast op de Dam
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Netherlands - Amsterdam: Poppenkast op de Dam
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Puppet theatre in Alkmaar, Netherlands Picture: puppet theatre audience in Alkmaar, Netherlands
Front Text: "Maria Austria (1915-1975), 2011, Poppenkastpubliek, Alkmaar, Fotowedstrijd, 1954, Collectie Regionaal Archief Alkmaar"
Publisher: Art Unlimited, Amsterdam; B 3707
Type: 21st-century postcard of a 1954 photograph
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Puppet theatre in Belgium Picture: puppet theatre, probably in Belgium
Front Text: "Le Guignol en plein air. Openlucht Poesjenellenspel."
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Guignol / Jan Klaassen Front Text: "Vas-y Guignol ! Vas-y Guignol ! / Geef hem !... Jan Klaassen !"
Publisher: Coloprint B; 54642/5; 1622; Printed in Belgium
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Guignol Front Text: "J en ai mal au ventre de rire!" [my stomach hurts from laughing], signed: Monique Faury
Publisher: R. Hamel, Paris; 165
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Poppenkast Front Text: "Hartelijk gefeliciteerd" [Dutch for: "Congratulations"]
Publisher: Concordia
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Children with toy theatres Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre
Front Text: inscription: "Kasper-Theater"
Publisher: EAS; 315 15
Type: Real Photo
Size: Modern
Not sent.
Children with toy theatres Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre
Front Text: inscription: "Kasper-Theater"
Publisher: EAS; 315 15
Type: Real Photo
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Guignol Front Text: "Vor dem Kasperltheater"
Publisher: D. T. V.; Foto Demmeler
Type: Real Photo
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Jan Klaassen Front Text: "Au, au, niet zo hard Jan Klaassen!!"
Publisher: Weenenk & Snel, Baarn; 2050
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Children with toy theatres Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre
Front Text: "One good 'turn' deserves another"
Publisher: W S S B (= Weenenk & Snel, Baarn); 7327/1
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Children with toy theatres Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre
Front Text: "Función teatral al aire libre", signed: Zsolt
Publisher: C M B; Serie No 46
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Children with toy theatres Picture: children playing with a hand puppet theatre
Front Text: "Seid ihr alle da?"; signed: Ursula Funcke
Publisher: Werner Wicke, Leipzig; (4) MDV Erasmusdruck Calbe 1992
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Gran Teatro dei Burattini Picture: illustration to Carlo Collodi's novel "Pinocchio"
Front Text: inscription: "Gran Teatro dei Burattini"
Reveerse Text: "Alla fine disse: - Vuoi darmi quattro soldi di quest'Abbecedario nuovo? - (dal 'Pinocchio' di C. Collodi)"
Publisher: S. A. Grafitalia, Milano
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Kaspertheater, DDR Reverse Text: "Zuschauer beim Puppenspiel"
Publisher: Bildpostkarten-Kalender 'Neues Land - Neues Leben'; Foto Böhme, Wolfen (Germany); 1972
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Kaspertheater, Leipzig Front Text: "Herzliche Grüße von den Leipziger Markttagen"
Publisher: ?; V111 10 Lp 937/81 846
Size: Modern
Sent: from Leipzig (Germany) to Düsseldorf (Germany), 1983

United Kingdom - Lowestoft: Punch and Judy Show
Punch & Judy Show, Lowestoft, England, 1949

Punch & Judy Show, England Picture: Punch & Judy Show at an English beach
Front Text: "Forgotten about school It's so wonderful here!", "Vivent les vacances! L'école est oubliée!"
Publisher: Sunshine Comic; 5731
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Not sent.

Punch & Judy Show, England Picture: Punch & Judy Show at an English beach
Front Text: "Dear... Greetings from... [...]", inscription: "Punch & Judy"
Publisher: Crowly & Heffernon, reading; Design by J. King; Tickacards; UHJ35
Type: Divided Back
Size: Classic
Sent: from Harwich to Newport, Essex, 1973

United Kingdom - Weymouth: Punch and Judy Show
Punch & Judy Show, Weymouth, England

United Kingdom - Weymouth: Punch and Judy Show
Punch & Judy Show, Weymouth, England

United Kingdom - Weymouth: Punch and Judy Show
Punch & Judy Show, Weymouth, England

United Kingdom - Southend-on-Sea: Punch and Judy Show, Leigh-on-Sea
Punch & Judy Show, Leigh-on-Sea, England

United Kingdom - Southwold: Punch and Judy Show
Punch & Judy Show, Southwold, England

Punch & Judy Show, England Front Text: "A lady entertainer with 16 years experience to make your party a happy memorable occasion - As seen on TV - Telephone Auntie Katie on Mansfield [...] or Mobile on [...]", inscription: "Katie's Punch & Judy Show"
Reverse Text: form for a booking confirmation
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Punch & Judy Show, England Front Text: "Mr Ted the children's entertainer [...]", "[...], Cotgrave, Nottingham", inscription: "Mr Ted Mr Punch"
Reverse Text: "over 20 years professional theatrical experience"
Publisher: Printed by Interprint, Knaresborough
Type: Advertisement Card
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Children with toy theatres Picture: children playing with a puppet theatre
Publisher: Piccoli, Milano; 935/3
Size: Modern
Not sent.

United States - Sarasota FL: Circus Hall of Fame
Sarasota, USA

Puppet player Reverse Text: "Uncle Cyryil. Children's Entertainer. Magic, Puppets, Ballon Animals, Punch and Judy. Fetes, Schools, Birthday Parties. [...], Sidley, Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex., Member of the International Brotherhood of Magicians" Type: Advertisement Card, not designed for postal use
Size: 12.0 x 10.1 cm
Not sent.

Puppet player Size: Modern
Not sent.

Guignol, Belgium Reverse Text: "Les 'Enfants Prévoyants' adorent se réunir dans les clubs qui ont été crées à leur intention. Ils y trouvent un décor et une ambiance favorable à leurs jeux et à leurs travaux de bricolage dont ils sont si fiers."
Publisher: Photo Editions Est-Ouest
Size: Modern
Sent: within Huy (Belgium) [postmark partly illegible, 1962 stamp]

Netherlands - Amsterdam - street theatre
Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1976

Guignol, France Front Text: signed: Jean Delpech
Publisher: Editions CEF, Nice
Type: Maximum Card (France, 25 Sep 1982)
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Puppet theatre Publisher: Fernand Nathan
Type: Greeting Card (?)
Size: 8.0 x 12.0 cm
Not sent.

France - Paris: Theatre Guignol des Champs-Elysees
Paris, France

Children with toy theatres Picture: children playing with a puppet theatre at home
Publisher: ?; CPE 2135; Printed in Belgium
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Children with toy theatres Picture: children playing with a puppet theatre at home
Reverse Text: "The Puppet Show, by Loui Jover"
Publisher: louijover.redbubble.com
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Punch & Judy Show, England Front Text: "Bloomsbury Fair September 24th 1995", inscription: "Mr Punch"
Publisher: IBM Promotions, Lewes/London; Designed by Sarah Beaumont; B107
Type: Advertisement Card
Size: Modern
Not sent.

Punch & Judy Show, England Front Text: "Bloomsbury Fair May 24th 1998"
Publisher: IBM Promotions, London; Designed by Ernest Naser; B142
Type: Advertisement Card
Size: Modern
Not sent.

France - Bordeaux: Guignol Guerin
Bordeaux, France

France - Lyon: Theatre Guignol du Parc de la Tete d'Or
Lyon, France

France - Lyon: Theatre Guignol du Parc de la Tete d'Or
Lyon, France

France - Teatro Golondrino
Teatro Golondrino, France

playing card Playing Card ("Liège, La fille", from: "Les 7 Familles")
playing card Playing Card ("Famille Dupont, Le fils")

San Marino Stamps Stamps ("L'arte dei burattini", San Marino, 15 Sep 2003)

Punch & Judy Show, England Front Text: inscriptions: "Guignol-Théâtre", "Sortie des artistes", signed: Fred
Publisher: Dargaud 2003
Type: Folded Greeting Card
Size: Modern
Not sent.

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