Figure 1.--Many Greek photographs in the early-20th century were done as postcard-back prints. This is the back of a 1930s studio portrait. Often there is writing on the back, but in this case there was no inscription. Notice the printing is in English with French sub-text. Click on the image to see the portrait. There was no studio information on it. Notice the 'K Ltd' a box we see throughout much of Europe.

We have a much larger archive of 20th century photograpghy. There were postcards in the late-19th century, but np photo postcards. More studios were opened and we begin to msee snap shots. We begin to see postcard-back photographs after the turn of the 20th century. At the same time the Kodak Brownie brought the family snapshot within the range of many families. This was less true of Greece than more prosperous countries, but still we begin to see snapshots. Many of the studio portraits were done as postcard back prints. Family sanpshots were also done as postcard-back prints. The backs can be useful in dating the images. Greece like amny other small European countries had to import the cards. Thus the printing was usually in French or English. We are not sure why we do not see more cards with German printing.

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