• Early Touring Car Automobile RPPC c.1910s | Well-Dressed Group Antique Photo
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Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) | CYKO Mark

Early Touring Car Automobile RPPC c.1910s | Well-Dressed Group Antique Photo

Early Touring Car Automobile RPPC c.1910s | Well-Dressed Group Antique Photo

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AT A GLANCE

Type:
Standard Size Postcard (3 ½” x 5 ½”)
Subject:
Early automobile, touring car, group portrait
Era:
Early 20th Century (1900 - 1945)
Circa:
1910s
Print type:
Silver gelatin real photo (CYKO paper)
Condition:
Very good-excellent (VG-EX)
Color:
Sepia-toned (black-and-white photograph)
Postcard:
Real Photo (RPPC)
Postmark:
Unposted | Handwritten Message
Notes:
Postcard Back: CYKO stamp box

Circa 1910s Real Photo Postcard (RPPC) featuring a well-dressed group of men and women posed in an early open touring automobile, likely during a leisurely outing. The passengers are dressed in formal daywear, including hats, tailored coats, and period accessories, capturing the style and social customs of the early automotive age.

Early automobile photographs such as this document a moment when motorcars were still a novelty and a symbol of status and modern life. The open touring car—possibly a Buick or similar make—was designed for social driving and group excursions, offering a glimpse into the rise of leisure travel in the early 20th century.

The postcard bears a handwritten message and was printed on CYKO photographic paper, dating it broadly between 1904 and the 1920s. The message includes period language reflective of its time, offering an authentic—if historically dated—snapshot of everyday communication in the early 1900s. 

The postcard was neither stamped nor postmarked, suggesting it may have been hand‑delivered, a common practice at the time for messages requiring a prompt response. While the quality of the antique postcards is very good, as typical of chloride-based photographic papers, subtle silvering is visible, a natural aging characteristic of early real photo postcards.

A compelling piece for collectors of early automobiles, social history, and vernacular photography. Ships in a protective sleeve.

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