Name/Title
A black and white real photographic postcard taken at a studio, showing a group posed in bathing suits, postmarked 13 September 1908Entry/Object ID
2021.3.6.101Description
A black and white real photographic postcard taken at a studio, showing a group posed in bathing suits, postmarked 13 September 1908. The group consists of possibly three adults and five children all wearing bathing suits. There are two young women standing at the back, a woman, an older woman seated. A young boy stands at right and another boy sits next to the older woman who has her arm around him. Three young girls are seated at the foreground. The background shows a studio backdrop of the ocean with rolling tides coming in and a ship at the far left. An inscription written in ink identifies the group from left to right as Marinn Mcainn, Jonnie Lue, Peter Mcainn, Mamma & Buster, Katie, Gemet, Emilienne. Some of the people in the RPPC are in other photographs of the acquisition. The postcard is addressed to a Mr. G. Arrambide from Maria. The message information of train departure times. With a stain on the reverse, writing in ink and pencil, postage stamp, postmark stamp, and minor warrping, the postcard is in good condition overall.Lexicon
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Object Name
Real Photographic Postcards