Wordless Wednesday: Real Photo Postcard (RPPC)

Posted by Liv | Filed under Wordless Wednesdays

Well, almost wordless . . .

Estella Smith Chapple (standing left) and Friends

This is a photo of my maternal grandmother, Estella (Smith) Chapple, and a couple of her lady friends (or relatives) that I have not been able to identify. But what makes this photo such a special one in my collection is that it’s a real photo postcard, a service introduced by Kodak in 1907.

According to Patty’s Antique Postcards,

Real photo postcards are actual photographs that were taken and processed from a ‘clean’ negative plate and printed in a darkroom on postcard paper. Unlike printing and copying methods used today, these photo’s do not contain ‘pixel’s or ‘dots’ when viewed closely. Void of the ‘middle-man’, these images are clean and crisp.”

Do you have some real photo postcards (RPPCs) of ancestors in your family photo collection? Let me know!

Tags: chapple, Estella Smith, Estella Smith Chapple, photo, real photo postacrd, RPPC, wordless wednesdays

Permalink | Comments (2) | May 30, 2012

kristin

I do have some photo postcards of my family. One of my Great Uncle Henry, One of my maternal Grandmother and one of her sister Daisy.
http://claimingkin.com Liv Taylor-Harris

Hi Kristin and thanks for sharing with me. Listen, I can testify that you have some of the most beautiful photographs (RPPCs included) online!