Here’s a Real Photo Postcard of a beautiful young woman posing in a countryside setting on a sunny day. I know, the word beautiful is used a lot here at Laurel Cottage, but after all aren’t all women beautiful? But this girl really has a lovely expression, and though this photo is not traceable since there is no name, it was too great to pass up. (Wish we could buy them all.) Was she on her way out to breakfast or brunch with family, or to church, or out with her friends or for an outing with her fiancee or husband? It’s always fun and interesting to see what impressions we get. But anyway, in the background we see a fence made of wood and probably chicken wire, a building of some type and what looks to be a willow tree. We get the feeling that the time of year is autumn or early spring. Our subject’s skirt and matching jacket appear to be made of wool, and the skirt’s hemline appears at mid-calf. A white lace collar is layered over the jacket lapels, and we see that the young woman wears a heart-shaped pendant on a short choker-type chain. Her darker gloves appear to be made of leather; she wears high-button leather boots, and a wide-brimmed white or pale-colored hat with a dark border on the brim. A white or pastel draw-string purse with small pom-poms at the end of the draw-strings, dangles at her side.

The back of this divided back Real Photo Postcard shows “Correspondence Here” and “For Address Only” and has no stamp box. My best guess at this time is that this postcard is from the mid-1910s.

Divided back, Real Photo Postcard, unused. Circa mid-1910s.

Price:  $10.00