Large Bathing Party Britain Swimming Group Antique 1910s - RPPC Photo Postcard

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View Large Bathing Party Britain Swimming Group Antique 1910s - RPPC Photo Postcard with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. The style of swimwear and typography on the back (divided back, “For repeats quote No. on face of card”) fit British RPPC production from roughly the 1910s–early 1920s. A small negative or order number “U/115” is printed in the upper right corner of the image, indicating the professional photographer’s reference. A 5x3.5" vintage RPPC photo postcard from the estate of a vintage postcard collector. This was part of a huge collection of antique postcards. * We always automatically combine orders for shipping, so add as many postcards as you’d like to your order! Photo Overview This charming antique real photo postcard shows a large mixed group of men, women and children in early 20th century bathing costumes joyfully posing together while standing and sitting in the water, likely at a seaside resort or public bathing pool in Britain around the 1910s. Everyone is smiling, laughing and crowding toward the camera, with several youngsters perched on adults’ shoulders and others splashing in the foreground, capturing a lively holiday outing and an intimate slice of Edwardian/WW1-era community life. A small negative or order number “U/115” is printed in the upper right corner of the image, indicating the professional photographer’s reference. Early group bathing scenes like this document the rapid rise of seaside holidays and mixed public swimming during the Edwardian era, when improved railways made resort travel possible for working and middle class families and modest but practical wool bathing suits became standard. Collectors prize such large, clearly focused group views because they vividly show everyday fashion, social mixing and leisure before and just after World War 1. Add this unique antique postcard to your collection today before it disappears into another serious archive. Print analysis: Real photo postcard stock with a photographic image and a printed postcard back indicates an RPPC from an original negative, not a later lithographic reprint. The style of swimwear and typography on the back (divided back, “For repeats quote No. on face of card”) fit British RPPC production from roughly the 1910s–early 1920s. There is no modern barcoding or glossy reprint surface, so this is best classified as an original Type 1 real photo postcard, printed contemporaneously c1910s from the photographer’s negative. Condition : All postcards we sell are in fair to excellent vintage condition. Category: Collectibles › Postcards & Supplies › Postcards › Topographical Postcards.