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Welsh Photography: Postcards



Figure 1.--This is a postcard-backed portrait. The children are not identified, but the portrait is dated--1925. It has a K (Kodak) Ltd stamp box, one common in Europe not so much in America. We believe itb is Welsh.

Postcards had become popular in the late-19th century. After the turn of the 20th century we see not only studio portaits, but the new family snap shots being done with postcard backs. Thr studio portraits tend to be on the basic side compared to the run of the mill studio portrait. Some might have dates written on the back. Most did not, but the stamp boxes on the postcards can help date the cards. This option provd popular with consuners, but we note that some of the cards were sent in envelopes and not mailesseparrtely so we do notbhave the post mnark with the helpful date. These cards common through the 1920s. We see some postcaed back photographs in thev 1930s, but they erre becoming less common. We do mot have a lot bof Welsh examples, but this is just a relectiion of the small size and population of Wales. As a result er have a relatively small archive. Many postcards and other unidentified phuotographs can be identified as English witthout any accompanying information. There are no substabtial Welsh indicators. Fashion in England and Wales were basically the same. Thus we need some written infornation on the potcard to know for sure that it is Welsh.







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