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Posted 2 years ago
marcobabe13
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The first photo is a real photo postcard of a street scene in my hometown of Crown Point, IN. Based on the “AZO” stamp on back, the photograph dates from about 1905-1918. (Thanks, Scott, I learned a lot from your KS street scene. Our RPPCs are very similar). The third picture is a real photograph that belonged to my grandfather of what appears to be an early motorcycle race. The men are standing in front of the same Garage depicted in the RPPC. The last photo (c. 1914) shows my grandfather (center) in front of the same Garage as the RPPC.
Real Photo PostcardsReal-photo postcards (sometimes called RPPCs) are the result of developing …