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Overview:This real photograph features a formal studio portrait of two women, identified on the back as \"Motto & Mother\" and explicitly dated 1908. The image offers a wonderful look at provincial Edwardian fashion, showcasing intricate garment details like smocking and high lace collars, as well as typical studio props and painted backdrops of the era.
Front of Card:A full-length studio portrait of a younger woman standing next to a seated older woman. Both women are wearing wire-rimmed glasses and are holding small, crumpled white handkerchiefs in their hands.
The standing woman (likely \"Motto\") wears a dark, two-piece dress featuring a highly textured, horizontally pleated or smocked bodice with a small white lace collar peeking out at the neck and cuffs.
The seated woman (likely \"Mother\") wears a crisp white blouse with a high collar adorned with a dark ribbon or tie, paired with a dark, floor-length skirt that features decorative horizontal tucks or bands near the knees.They are posed on a patterned studio rug in front of a painted canvas backdrop depicting a landscape with trees and a pale moon or sun in the sky. The photograph is printed with a large, unexposed white margin at the bottom.
Reverse of Card:
Handwritten correspondence:Written in pencil across the back:Left side: Motto & MotherRight side: Taken 1908
Postal History: None. The card is unposted and did not travel through the mail system.
Stamp: None (Unused)
Layout: Divided Back
Publisher Info: The back features a divided layout with a vertical line down the center. \"POST CARD\" is printed at the top in outlined letters. The stamp box features the \"NOKO\" brand name forming a square around \"PLACE STAMP HERE\", dating the photographic paper to between 1907 and the late 1920s.
