#RPPC

2025-04-11
This is my favorite image from a group of RPPCs (real photo postcards) from Japan I purchased some time ago. It was likely printed in the early 1920s (though may have been taken earlier). The photographer and exact location are unknown.

For those who are unfamiliar, real photo postcards are "continuous-tone photographic images" printed directly onto postcard stock. They were a popular way to share photos in the early 20th century and the markings on the card stock can help you narrow down when they were printed: https://www.playle.com/realphoto/

If anyone can identify the exact model of the camera in this photo, I would love to know what it is.

#photography #japan #camera #rppc #postcard #foundphoto
A man crouches at the edge of a river or creek next to an early 20th century camera. A boy stands to one side and a pair of houses with wooden walls and grass/thatch roofs can be seen in the background.
Here's a "RPPC" (Real Photo Postcard) from my collection. For those who may not know, RPPCs are photographs that are reproduced by developing them onto photographic paper that is the size and weight of a postcard and has a postcard back. In the early 1900s, it was sometimes the most accessible way to acquire a photograph and had the bonus of being easily sharable.

This is an early image (taken sometime between 1907-1914) of a baseball game being played at a girls' school in Japan. Unfortunately I don't have much information on it beyond that.

#postcards #baseball #Japan #photography #rppc
In the foreground are two (probably) high school-age girls playing baseball. One is crouched as the catcher and has a catchers mitt (but no mask/padding), the other is the batter and has a bat held out in preparation for a pitch. The ground appears to be a sandy surface and there is no obvious base for 'home plate'. In the background (out of focus) is what looks like a small group of onlookers and a large, wooden building (perhaps the school?). It looks almost like a large barn.
2025-01-06

Lot of 4 Outer Banks North Carolina postcards, RPPC.
#postcards #vintagepostcard #RPPC #outerbanks
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2024-08-08

AT | 1150 Wien | Straßenbahnremise Wienzeile | 1927

Die Straßenbahnremise Wienzeile war von 18.07.1901 bis 30.11.1940 in Betrieb [1].

Sie befand sich in der heutigen Linken Wienzeile, Ordnungsnummern 278 und 280 [...]

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#1927

Das Sepia-Foto vom Dezember 1927 zeigt nach derzeitiger topografischer Einschätzung den schmalen west-ost-gerichteten Innenhof mit scheebedecktem Gleis, Blickrichtung Osten gegen die Anschützgasse, 6 Männer im Vordergrund, Straßenbahnwagon im hinteren Bildteil, Beschriftung "Straßenbahnwerkstätte Wienzeile, Archiv schlot.at
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2023-07-07

YEM | Aden/Malaa | Öllager | ~1925

Historisches Foto [1] eines der zahlreichen Öllager am Fuße des Aden-Vulkans [2] in der jemenitischen Hauptstadt. Interessant ist die Industriearchitektur des Pumpenh

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2023-05-13

George Nelson and buddies trying to look older than they are. #rppc #photo

George Nelson and buddies with cigars.
2023-05-13

Dinner on the farm. #rppc #photo #soddie

Real photo post card of farm family having dinner in front of their sod house.
2023-03-31

Men in the snow with horses. #rppc #photo

Men in the woods with their horses.  Possible lumberjacks.
2023-03-31

Men in the snow with their horses. May be lumberjacks. #rppc #photo

Men in the snow with their horses.  Lumberjacks?
2023-03-08

Boy with prize bull. #rppc #farming #bull

boy with prize bull
2023-03-08

Making hay. #rppc #farming

2023-03-08

Sailor portrait #rppc #sailor

Sailor portrait
2023-02-01

Robert Cole - aged 14 - 1935 #photography #rppc #Cole

Robert Cole - aged 14 - 1935

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