Studio Portrait Two Women Pose with Bicycles RPPC Postcard 30720

Description

View Studio Portrait Two Women Pose with Bicycles RPPC Postcard 30720 with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. This Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) features two women standing with their bicycles in what appears to be a studio portrait with a hand-painted outdoor backdrop depicting trees, a riverbank, and a pastoral landscape. The women face each other and clasp hands across their bicycles, their expressions calm and dignified. Both wear long, high-collared dresses typical of early twentieth-century fashion, with puffed sleeves and fitted bodices, reflecting the modest yet confident style of the period when cycling symbolized newfound independence for women. The bicycles are classic chain-driven models with step-through frames, full fenders, and upright handlebars—designs marketed specifically for women during the 1900s and 1910s. Their inclusion in this formal studio setting underscores how bicycles had come to represent progress, health, and modernity, especially among women seeking greater social mobility. The reverse side displays a standard divided-back format with no publisher markings, suggesting private studio production rather than mass distribution. The composition, attire, and bicycles together capture the spirit of early women’s empowerment and the cultural transformation that accompanied the bicycle craze of the early twentieth century. Condition: Used. Category: Collectibles › Postcards & Supplies › Postcards › Non-Topographical Postcards.

Occasion

Friendship

Theme

Children & Infants, Community Life, Domestic & Family Life, Occupational, Sports, Tourism, Transportation, Travel, Photographs, Real Photo Postcards

Subject

Bicycle

Unit of Sale

Single Unit

Number of Items in Set

1

Size

Standard (5.5 x 3.5 in)

Personalize

No

Unit Type

Unit

Features

Real Photo Postcard, Divided Back

Unit Quantity

1

Postage Condition

Unposted

Signed

No

Material

Paper

Original/Licensed Reprint

Original

Type

Real Photo (RPPC)

Era

Divided Back (1907-1915)

Country of Origin

United States