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Monthly Archives: August 2014

Well Nancy

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Divided back, unused with writing. Circa 1910’s.

Price $5.00

“Well Nancy I will send you a picture of our old home. Bettie[?] and ? was away when the photo man came and Gladys and I were washing so we just stood out with our dirty close on. hansome aint we. The dog was the only one that was dressed up. ha ha.”

Real Photo Postcard showing an old farmhouse with two ladies and their dog posing for the camera. The above note to Nancy by our unknown author with the sense of humor (unknown except that she is one of the ladies in the photo) is a good one.

Estimated date may be the 1910’s. There is no stamp box and the back header shows a divided back line separating the phrases “Correspondence Here” and “For Address Only” which are under the words “Post Card.”

Two Beautiful Ladies

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Divided back, unused Real Photo Postcard. AZO stamp box, circa 1907 -1918.

Price:  $8.00

Here’s another Real Photo Postcard with an AZO stamp box and divided back, circa 1907 – 1918. This one shows an older and younger woman standing side by side posing for the camera. Both wear blouses and long skirts. The woman on the right wears a belt of tooled leather. Possibly they are mother and daughter but that would not be a ready assumption, just because they don’t really look that much alike, although they both seem to have somewhat darker skin, especially the woman on the left. One wonders what their ethnicity is:  Native American? The setting for the photo takes place outside on a lawn or maybe in a tended field with some small deciduous trees in the immediate background. It looks like there are some boards laying on the ground, and what might be a fence or bridge in the far distance, too blurry to tell. Nothing in this one really gives any major clues for the location, but it’s a great photo nonetheless.