1910s RPPC Siblings Girl Large Hair Bow Boy Tunic Cyko Outdoor Portrait

Description

View 1910s RPPC Siblings Girl Large Hair Bow Boy Tunic Cyko Outdoor Portrait with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. This Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) presents a poignant and beautifully composed sepia-toned portrait of two young children, likely siblings, captured in a candid outdoor setting during the early 20th century. The image, printed on Cyko brand photographic paper as indicated by the distinctive stamp box logo on the verso, dates from the divided back era, placing its creation between approximately 1907 and the early 1920s. The children’s attire offers precise sartorial dating clues; the girl wears a dark-and-light plaid dress with a strikingly large, white hair bow, a definitive fashion accessory for young girls in the 1910s, while the boy is dressed in a light-colored textured tunic over puffy bloomers, a common juvenile outfit of the period. Their pose, with the girl’s arm affectionately draped over the boy’s shoulder in front of a wooden building with horizontal lap siding and a turned porch column, exemplifies the era’s studio-style portraiture adapted for an exterior locale, capturing a moment of innocent fraternal bond. The postcard’s verso exhibits the classic divided back format authorized for use in the United States after 1907, with sections designated for correspondence and address. It shows significant age-related characteristics, including paper toning, foxing, and a moisture stain in the upper left quadrant, alongside a penciled inventory number “352.” As a genuine Real Photo Postcard, this artifact represents the intersection of personal photography and postal communication history, offering a tangible glimpse into early snapshot culture and period childhood fashion without the need for written narrative, its power residing entirely in the evocative, grain-textured image of youthful companionship preserved through the cyanotype or silver gelatin printing process of the time. Condition: Used. Category: Collectibles › Postcards & Supplies › Postcards › Non-Topographical Postcards.

Type

Real Photo (RPPC)

Era

Divided Back (1907-1915)

Features

Divided Back

Time Period Manufactured

1900-1919

Unit of Sale

Single Unit

Original/Licensed Reprint

Original

Material

Paper

Photographic Paper

Cyko

Portrait Type

Siblings

Setting

Outdoor

Color Tone

Sepia

Postcard Back Type

Divided Back