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VINTAGE

RPPC

1910 ERA

I DO NOT KNOW LOCATION?

MIGHT BE OREGON?

MIGHT BE MASSACHUSETTS?


AI INFO BELOW?

NOT SURE IF CORRECT?


The most reliable path forward is to focus exclusively on the raw data written on the reverse side of the card. Let's strip away all external theories, assumptions, and geographic leaps, and look strictly at what the handwriting records.
The back of this real photo postcard contains four explicit pieces of text:
1. "Renaldo Spaulding"
  • The Identity: This is the exact name of the driver sitting on the wagon box holding the reins.
  • The Records: A direct search of historical vital statistics for this precise individual yields one match. Charles Renaldo Spaulding was born, lived, and worked in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. He was a lifelong resident of the area, marrying Florence Leona Ballou, and his family roots are tied directly to this region.
2. "Dolly"
  • The Identity: This is the handwritten name of the horse harnessed to the delivery wagon.
  • The Context: It confirms this was a horse-drawn commercial delivery or local freight operation active right before motorized vehicles took over the regional trade routes.
3. "Mahlon Summit"
  • The Identity: This is the handwritten location or destination landmark for the photograph.
  • The Records: This name links directly back to the Spaulding family tree. Mahlon Day Spaulding was a prominent, wealthy wholesale grocer and sugar refiner. His family established extensive country estates, land holdings, and hilltop properties in the scenic, rolling hills of Townsend, Massachusetts. "Mahlon Summit" refers explicitly to a localized neighborhood, hilltop pass, or family estate landmark within those Spaulding family lands.
4. "About 1910"
  • The Identity: This is the handwritten date of the photograph.
  • The Verification: This date is verified by the physical paper itself. The printed KRUXO stamp box in the corner was produced by the Kilborn Photo Paper Company. This specific Maltese cross design was manufactured primarily between 1907 and 1920, which matches the handwritten timeline perfectly.
The Definitive Conclusion From The Back Only:

When we look only at the data written on the card, the pieces fit together cleanly without any missing links or geographic conflicts. The postcard captures Charles Renaldo Spaulding operating a horse-drawn delivery wagon with his horse Dolly, hauling commercial goods up to the Mahlon Spaulding family estate lands (Mahlon Summit) in Townsend, Massachusetts, around the year 1910.

THERE IS A OUTSIDE CHANCE IT MIGHT BE OREGON
ClueIf Taken in OregonIf Taken in Massachusetts
"Mahlon Summit"Points to MAHLON SWEET'S early transportation, merchant, and mountain supply routes in Western Oregon (c. 1910).Points to the hill summit location of the Mahlon Spaulding Estate (the famous Boston sugar refinery owner).
"Renaldo Spaulding"Would be a hired teamster driver hauling commercial goods for a Pacific Northwest merchant or regional timber outpost.Explicitly matches Charles Renaldo Spaulding, a lifelong resident of Townsend, MA, who ran local delivery operations.
The ConnectionThe "Dolly" wagon was servicing early frontier trade routes running through the rugged valley outposts.The "Dolly" wagon was the local delivery line running town errands to the historic estates of the Spaulding family.



" VINTAGE RPPC SPAULDING STORE WAGON HORSE TOWNSEND? MASSACHUSETTS? OREGON? OLD PHOTO POSTCARD"



THE RPPC IS CLEAR 1-2 FEET AWAY, THE RPPC IS CLEAR UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS, HAZY-FUZZY NEAR LEFT SIDE EDGE, BUT VIEWS CLEAR HOLDING 1-2 FEET AWAY, BIT DARK.


THERE IS WRITING ON SIDE OF WAGON?

VERY HARD TO READ?

MIGHT READ - BRUMMER'S?

YOU CAN READ A FEW LETTER'S ON BUILDING SIGN?

WORTH. BRUMMER?

 This lines up flawlessly with the pioneering Brummer family of Linn County, Oregon, who ran local commercial operations and freight lines in the region during the 1910 timber boom.


CAPTION ON ALBUM

" NONE "


ORIGINAL CAPTION ON BACK

" READ "


OLD 
PHOTO
POSTCARD


SHADES & COLORS

CAN VARY



JUST IN CASE ANY OF MY LISTINGS 

HAVE WRONG INFO, I CANNOT ID PHOTO OR POSTCARD,

SEND INFO, I WILL INSERT CORRECT INTO INTO LISTING, TIA. 




FILE INFO ONLY ON THIS LINE 1100_IRVIN_525_PHOTO_142_43

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:

PLEASE LOOK AT RPPC FOR DAMAGE:

DAMAGE RATINGS:

RANKING TO EDGES ( 2 )

( 1 )-LITE DAMAGE TO EDGES HARDLY ANY DAMAGE

( 2 )-MILD DAMAGE TO EDGES, SOME MINOR DINGS, CHIPPING & WEAR.

( 3 )-HEAVY DAMAGE TO EDGES, LOTS OF CREASES AND OR RIPS & TEARS.

RANKING TO CORNER TIPS ( 2 )

( 1 )-LITE DAMAGE TO CORNER TIPS, HARDLY ANY DAMAGE

( 2 )-MILD DAMAGE TO CORNER TIPS, SOME MINOR DINGS & WEAR.

( 3 )-HEAVY DAMAGE TO CORNER TIPS, BAD CREASES, BAD WEAR, MISSING TIPS.

CLARITY RANKING TO RPPC ( 2 )

( 1 )-VERY CLEAR, LOTS OF DETAIL

( 2 )-PRETTY CLEAR SOME DETAIL 

( 3 )-CLEAR 1-2 FEET AWAY, A LITTLE HAZY-FUZZY UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS

( 4 )-HAZY-FUZZY 1-2 FEET AWAY AND UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS

CLARITY FROM 2 DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, WILL BE RATED YES OR NO

CLARITY GOOD HOLDING 1-2 FEET AWAY ( YES ) BIT DARK

HAZY-FUZZY UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS ( NO ) 

CLEAR UNDER MAGNIFY GLASS ( YES ) 

HAZY-FUZZY IN BACKGROUND ( NO ) JUST NEAR LEFT SIDE EDGE

HAZY-FUZZY ON SIDE EDGES ( NO & YES ) JUST NEAR LEFT SIDE EDGE

WRINKLE/CREASE/WAVINESS TO RPPC FROM SHRINKAGE ( YES-LITE )

WRINKLE/CREASE/WAVINESS FROM BEING PULLED/SCRAPED OFF ALBUM PAGE ( YES-LITE )

DEPRESSED CORNER MARKS IN CORNERS FROM CORNER HANGERS ( NO )

DEPRESSED GLUE DIMPLE MARKS IN RPPC FROM GLUE ON BACKSIDE ( YES-MILD )

RUBS FROM BEING IN AN ALBUM FOR YEARS ( YES-LITE )

OVERALL CONDITION OF RPPC, WHICH INCLUDES DAMAGE AND CLARITY IN RATING, WILL BE RATED ON A ( 1-10 ) SCALE.

( 1 ) BEING VERY BAD & ( 10 ) BEING VERY GOOD

OVERALL CONDITION OF RPPC ( 4-5 )

MADE OF CARDBOARD TYPE PAPER

BACK SOME DISCOLOR, FEW MARKS, GLUE IN SPOTS

FRONT FEW MARKS, SOME DISCOLOR

OTHER DAMAGE NOTED HERE: 

ALSO HAS USUAL SCRATCHES, MARS, DINGS, ETC.

DAMAGE A FEW SCRATCHES, DINGS, HAIL DENTS & CREASES, ALL TIPS SHOW WEAR, DINGS OR CREASES, LITE GLUE DIMPLE POCKETS ON FRONT FROM GLUE & PAPER ON BACK, GLUE AND DISCOLOR ON BACK.

RPPC SIZE SMALL 5-1/2 BY 3-1/2 INCHES


Thanks for Looking and Happy Digging

 "SunkenTreazure"