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River Girls

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Here’s an unusual Real Photo Postcard of four beautiful young ladies, in semi-profile, seated at river’s edge, in the tall grass, and looking back at the camera. They may be sisters, cousins or friends or a combination of these; we don’t know, as there is no identifying information for them. However, there appears to be a family resemblance, so our hunch is that they are sisters. There are no clues to the location, it could be any rural area or semi-rural area in presumably the United States. How’s that for a broad range? 😉

Divided back, unused, Real Photo Postcard. CYKO stamp box. Circa 1907 – 1910s.

Price:  $5.00

A Smiling Couple

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Divided back, unused Real Photo Postcard. AZO stamp box. Circa 1907 – 1918.

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I’m thinking that this couple are man and wife, and of Swedish descent. I asked my husband and he said he just had the impression that they’re from one of the Southern states. Funny how peoples’ impressions differ so widely. Of course, there is no way to know the couple’s background unless by some miracle (stranger things have happened) someone recognizes them. But they took a beautiful photo whoever they were, and look quite contented. More than likely that is their home in the background. I like the woman’s striped apron (if that is what it is) with her gingham blouse, and the twinkle in the man’s eye, as he sits with his arm around his wife. And isn’t it always nice to sit down after a long day’s work?

The photographer is unknown also, as seems to be the case with most Real Photo Postcards. This card has one clue though:  the embossed capital “A” at the right lower corner. Hopefully, we’ll come across some others with this mark that do show a location.

Selma, Blanche And Maggie

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Here’s a portrait of three beautiful young ladies, probably sisters. The sender, one of the three, wrote a nice long and funny message to her cousin Henry:

“My Dear Cousin, this is my Postal, how you like me, I look like a Pickle, it is so say yes, Henry ask your Pa if he knows about that farm what it is near Sweda[?] …and remember me kid dont show this postal to George because I look so homely and if you will than remember what will I do with you I will kiss you to [?] …excuse my writting…Good Bye  xxxx, xxxxx.”

Well, this is a needle in a haystack type of search – without a location it proves to be very tedious to look for three sisters, close in age, somewhere in the U.S. (chuckle) probably in farm country, maybe the Midwest, who knows? It looks like the sender was writing off the page at the bottom left. Is that the town she’s talking about or is that her signature in the form of a nickname? Anyway, it’s a great postal, to use the term from back in the day.

Divided back, unused with writing, Real Photo Postcard. CYKO stamp box. Circa 1910s – 1920.

Price:  $4.00