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

Price:  $4.00

This Real Photo Postcard shows a boy and girl, who must be brother and sister. The boy looks to be around nine or ten, and the girl around twelve or thirteen. They are posed standing on each side of a small pedestal type wooden table with tablecloth, which holds a vase of flowers and something else – a little too dark to discern, maybe a box or a cloth-covered book. But it’s the vase that we might feel drawn to, because it looks like it was made to resemble the face of a dog. (I thought bunny at first till I looked closer.) And it’s the unexpected ideas that come up that can be funny or charming…whichever figurative path you’re led down when you look at something. So, besides noticing right off, the expressions and resemblance to each other of the kids and their beautiful clothing (so elaborate by today’s standards) what strikes me the most is the strong feeling of seeing three “characters” posing for this photo.  😉

As for the date of the postcard:  In general, the AZO stamp box with two triangles up and two down, falls under the broad range of about 1910 – 1930, but I would estimate it to be probably from the 1910s. (And can’t help but put this one in the “Dogs” category!)