This RPPC has one of the best homemade captions ever! The image shows a couple of guys (we presume them to have a great sense of humor) in their photo prop car, overcoats and derby or bowler hats. If you’ve…Read More…
Category: Real Photo Postcards
Ship Ann?
Undivided back, Real Photo Postcard, unused with writing. CYKO stamp box shows “Prints at Night” and “Place Postage Stamp Here.” 1904. Price: $4.00 Size: About 5 and 1/2 x 3 and 1/8″ I really do not understand the handwritten caption…Read More…
One Of My Favorite Stunts
Undivided back, Real Photo Postcard, unused with writing. CYKO stamp box shows “Prints at Night” and “Place Postage Stamp Here.” 1904. Price: $4.00 Size: About 5 and 1/2 x 3 and 1/8″ ” ‘Jen’ One of my favorite stunts. …Read More…
Anton Plotěný
“Anton Plotěný – 2nd oldest. Served in, and was a prisoner of war in Italy at the last stages of it. In some kind of uniform but I cannot remember what. Blacksmith of trade. Please send back as I have…Read More…
The Suspender Skirt
Here’s a beautiful young woman with a regal bearing, seated in an ornate wicker settee. She wears a long sleeved blouse with a ruffled collar and cuffs, and what is called a suspender skirt, according to the very helpful website…Read More…
A Night Out In Riga, Latvia
A pretty special night out, by the looks of it! This Real Photo Postcard shows a photo of an older couple dressed in formal wear, holding hands and smiling for the camera. The lovely woman is blond and wears a…Read More…
Nightlife
Divided back, unused Real Photo Postcard. Mexico, circa 1941. Kodak Mexicana, Ltd. EKC with Sello stamp box. Price: $3.00 I love this candid photo. What a great expression this guy has! It makes you happy just to look at him…Read More…
Ain’t It Swell
“I stopped in and had this taken one day when I was down street ain’t it swell – nit” The back of this Real Photo Postcard has a name in cursive stamped at the top. This could be the photographer’s…Read More…
Giddy Up
Divided back, unused, Real Photo Postcard. AZO stamp box. Circa 1907 – 1918. Price: $6.00 Here’s a great “photo day” shot of a little girl, about two years old, perched on the back of a donkey. She looks like an…Read More…
That Summertime Smile
Per Playle’s guide for dating stamp boxes on Real Photo Postcards, this NOKO design ranged from about 1907 – 1929; a broad range to be sure! My feeling is it might have been taken in the 1910s or early ’20s….Read More…