Antique RPPC Vintage Automobile Touring Car Man Driver Eastern Illustrating

Description

View Antique RPPC Vintage Automobile Touring Car Man Driver Eastern Illustrating with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Key Visual Clues: Silver emulsion finish, crisp continuous-tone photo surface, negative number batch code ("G13C") printed in white at the bottom edge, and publisher credit along the left divider. Estimated Era: Antique (circa 1910s–1920s). Exceptional early real photo postcard featuring a classic touring car and driver by Eastern Illustrating Co. An exceptional antique Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) produced by the renowned Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co. of Belfast, Maine. The crisp image features a sharp outdoor capture of a man wearing a flat cap, proudly standing alongside an early 1910s touring car with wooden spoke wheels, brass headlights, and a collapsible top, parked along a scenic, tree-lined dirt road. This card showcases outstanding clarity, highlighting intricate mechanical details of the early automobile. Real photo postcards of early transportation and automotive history from Eastern Illustrating remain highly sought-after by both postcard collectors and automotive historians alike. Estimated Era: Antique (circa 1910s–1920s). The postmark box features "DEVOLITE PEERLESS", a stamp box indicator used primarily during the 1910s to 1920s. Because the card dates to over 100 years ago, it qualifies as an antique. Postcard Type: Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) on silver halide photo paper. Key Visual Clues: Silver emulsion finish, crisp continuous-tone photo surface, negative number batch code ("G13C") printed in white at the bottom edge, and publisher credit along the left divider. Features: • Postcard Condition: Pre-Owned Good Corner Wear: Light softness at extreme corner tips consistent with age. Creases: None observed; card is flat and structurally sound. Surface Condition: Excellent photo gloss and clarity; very clean front surface with negative number "G13C" visible at bottom center. Writing/Postmark: Unposted; clean back with no handwriting, stamps, or cancellations. Any Defects: Very light age toning along the back edges, otherwise exceptionally clean. The postcards are pre-owned. Condition is shown in photos. We do NOT use stock photos, what you see is really what you get! Comes from a smoke free home. Condition: Used. Category: Collectibles › Postcards & Supplies › Postcards › Topographical Postcards.

Type

Real Photo Postcard (RPPC)

Era

(1900–1919)

Country

United States

Brand/Publisher

Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Co., Belfast, Maine

Postage Condition

Unposted

Subject

Antique Automobile / Touring Car / Driver