Divided back, Real Photo Postcard, unused with writing. Circa 1910-1920.
Price: $10.00
Real Photo Postcard of the “Sweetest Girls in N. M.” This caption may have been written by their father (Or possibly the man’s wife appears in the photo with their three daughters.) The girls appear to be wearing man’s hats and posing for the camera. The girl on our right wears a wedding ring. Were the hats the normal attire of the day? Or maybe they were putting on a skit for entertainment, or just clowning for the camera. The hats don’t necessarily seem to fit them, and the coat the woman in the center wears appears to be a man’s coat, a little too big (look at the sleeves.) On our far right we see a young boy standing, and sitting in front of him a youngish looking woman. (This woman’s pose is so funny because she looks like she’s talking on a cell phone.) In front of her it looks like there may be at least one other person but it’s hard to tell what we’re looking at here (backs of heads or is that a part of a blanket in the right corner?) In any case, this an awesome photo, and it’s nice to have one from New Mexico.
The back of the postcard shows what appears to be “Neva Nimmo,” as the name of the person to whom it was given. With the S and what looks like the beginning of a W on the left side of the card looking like the writer was going to put the caption here again, but didn’t. Neva Nimmo does come up in Ancestry searches. The 1900 Federal Census taken in Rindoso, New Mexico, shows Samuel Nimmo, born about 1860, his wife Sarah, born about 1863, son George born about 1888, daughters Neva, born about 1892, Ruby born about 1896, and Ethel born about 1898. All are natives of Texas. Based on this and other census records and Ancestry family trees linking Neva to the Monterey County area (where this photo was found), I think this photo is from the family that appears on this census.
Source: Year: 1900; Census Place: Rindoso, Lincoln, New Mexico; Roll: 1001; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 0064; FHL microfilm: 1241001. (Ancestry.com)