Category: Real Photo Post Card (RPPC)

Deltiology, the collecting of postcards, is the third largest hobby in the world. Real photo post cards were popular at the turn of the 20th Century. Dating these post cards is made easier by information printed on the reverse of the cards. Sometimes, however, the job is made far easier when a card has been postally used…

A post card with an image of two girls with a pull toy Newfoundland. Written on the reverse is: July 7, 1914, tall girl is Lavera Armstrong, Sardinia NY. Looking her up I found her on census’ in the same town for her whole life. She was born Lavera Marie Tarbell on April 7, 1902.…