CONDITION
Used
DESCRIPTION
Original vintage photographic postcard showing a person wearing a broad conical hat crouching beside a small creek or waterway in a heavily vegetated rural setting.
An unusual early social-history image capturing an unidentified person engaged in an everyday activity beside the water.
The exact location and identity of the subject are unknown.
Reverse has a divided postcard back printed:
“POST CARD”
“CORRESPONDENCE”
“NAME AND ADDRESS”
“PLACE POSTAGE STAMP HERE”
Unposted and unused.
Approximate era: Early 20th century, likely c. 1910s–1920s
Approximate size: 5½ × 3½ inches
Format: Vintage photographic postcard / RPPC-type image
Subject: Person, conical hat, creek/waterway, rural life
Postage: Unposted
CONDITION:
Visible age toning, surface wear, edge and corner wear, staining/soiling and a prominent circular area of surface damage/residue near the center of the image. Please review all photographs carefully as they form an important part of the condition description.
An unusual piece of early photographic and social-history ephemera.
ITEM SPECIFICS
Type: Real Photo (RPPC)
Era: Early 20th Century
Subject: People / Rural Life
Theme: Social History / Photography
Postage Condition: Unposted
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Material: Paper/Cardstock
Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown