Too bad there are no names on this Real Photo Postcard to identify these two young ladies, who are most likely sisters. The card was not postmarked, but was addressed to:   “Miss Ethel Baer, Marceline MO.”  And it’s a lovely photo, despite the bottom part not coming out (a camera problem or in the developing process?) The girls are dressed very much alike in white skirts and and beautiful white blouses that have band type collars, and elbow-length blouse-y sleeves. (Enlarge the image to see the pattern details.) The older girl is seated on a twig chair (of the rustic type that may have been made from willow branches or some other type of wood) while her younger sister is seated next to her on the chair edge, and with her arm draped over the back.

The 1910 Federal Census for Marceline, Missouri shows Ethel, about sixteen, with her parents and siblings. The household is:  Abraham L. Baer, occupation farmer, born about 1864; his wife Kisia, born about 1874; Ethel, born about 1894; James, born about 1896; Minnie, born about 1898, and Bud L., born about 1904. Abraham is a native of Pennsylvania, while Kisia and the children are natives of Missouri. There were no other records found for the Baer family with a Marceline address (without searching in great detail) and it appears that the family may have moved later on to San Bernardino, California. So, this postcard is most likely from about 1910.

Divided back, unused with writing, Real Photo Postcard. AZO stamp box. Circa 1910.

Price:  $5.00

Source:  Year: 1910; Census Place: Marceline, Linn, Missouri; Roll: T624_795; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0084; FHL microfilm: 1374808. (Ancestry.com)