A 5.5x3.5" vintage RPPC photo postcard (NOT a modern reprint) from the estate of a vintage postcard collector. This was part of a huge collection of antique postcards.

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Photo Overview

A charming real photo postcard (RPPC) showing a classic American Craftsman bungalow with a prominent front porch, decorative gable brackets, and vine-covered stone foundation, photographed while actively listed for sale. A "Home For Sale" sign is clearly visible in the front doorway. The home is flanked by mature trees and well-kept neighboring houses, giving a strong sense of a comfortable, established residential neighborhood. The architectural style - with its wide overhanging eaves, exposed rafter tails, tapered porch columns, and mixed stucco-and-stone exterior - is characteristic of the Craftsman bungalow boom of the 1910s-1920s that swept across American cities and towns.

Historical Notes

The Craftsman bungalow style seen here peaked in popularity between roughly 1905 and 1930, becoming one of the most beloved housing styles in American history. Affordable, practical, and aesthetically pleasing, these homes were often sold via mail-order plan books from companies like Sears, Roebuck & Co. and the Aladdin Company. The fact that this home was being sold - and photographed for that purpose - makes this RPPC a fascinating document of early American real estate marketing, when a postcard photograph of a property was a practical and common way to advertise a home for sale to potential buyers near and far.

Text Present

Front of card: A "Home For Sale" sign is visible in the front doorway of the house. Additional smaller text on the sign is not fully legible but appears to include agent or contact information.

Back of card (top, handwritten in pencil): "p myz... 2 500" (partially legible notation, possibly a price reference of $500 or an inventory number)

Back of card: Standard postcard printing reads "POST CARD" / "CORRESPONDENCE" / "NAME AND ADDRESS" / "PLACE POSTAGE STAMP HERE" with a decorative stamp box logo.

Print analysis

This is a real photo postcard (RPPC) produced directly from a photographic negative onto photographic paper, making it a Type 1 original photographic artifact. The undivided-style back with its printed POST CARD layout and the decorative stamp box design are consistent with postcard backs from the 1910s-1920s era. The photographic emulsion on the front is continuous-tone with no dot pattern visible, confirming this is a genuine RPPC rather than a halftone or collotype reproduction. The image was almost certainly printed within months of being taken, consistent with Type 1 classification.

Condition

All postcards we sell are in fair to excellent vintage condition. Please see photos for any tears, folds, smudges, or other age damage that may be present.