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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pat P, post: 10075, member: 201&quot;]Okay, I&#039;ll start. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>(I&#039;m afraid my comment on the guidelines thread may have deterred people, for which I apologize! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":(" unselectable="on" />)</p><p><br /></p><p>I am hoping to find a new home for this charming postcard. I love the studio setting and that it looks like the children were enjoying themselves.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]2334[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]2335[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s what I know about it...</p><p><br /></p><p>Postmarked Sept. 19, 1916, Bremen Germany</p><p>Sent to what looks like &quot;Marta Lust&quot; in Hastedt-Bremen</p><p>Has a German 7-1/2 (cent?) stamp</p><p>Publisher is &quot;HB&quot; or &quot;BH&quot; in a heart</p><p>Message is in German; I haven&#039;t tried translating it</p><p><br /></p><p>The card was clearly created using a photograph and it has a matte surface, but I&#039;m not sure it&#039;s a &quot;real photo postcard&quot; (RPPC). It wasn&#039;t printed using offset lithography... there are no dots... but there were other lithographic processes sometimes used in those days that didn&#039;t have dots.</p><p><br /></p><p>The card has a bit of paper loss at the top of the image, a little soiling or ink in the bottom right area, and a small amount of edge and corner wear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Postage + rigid envelope cost: $1.25</p><p><br /></p><p>I love this image and hope someone else will, too! First come, first serve![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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