I love this one.1 It's a real photo postcard of a girl wearing what looks to me like a wizard outfit and standing outside in winter (and perfectly — intentional by the photographer? — framed between two bare trees). Someone has written "COSTUME" on the back, and that's it for information. It's an AZO card that dates to 1904-1918, based on the design of the stamp box.
The full-length dress has horizontal bars going about two-thirds of the way down the front. It's impossible to know what the colors are, but one of the bars appears whiter/lighter than the others. She has a very tall, very pointed hat balanced atop her head. She looks like she means business; she's all set for a duel with Saruman, Baba Yaga or Lo Pan.
Here are a couple of closer looks at her...
I wish we knew her story. Perhaps someone should write it.
Other mystery RPPCs
- Young woman wearing glasses
- Family from 100-plus years ago
- Toddler in a rocking chair
- Mystery classroom (1907-1929)
- Young woman and young man
- Vintage tree huggers
- Well-dressed girl and chair
- The old man and the boat
- Four women sitting on the ground
- Who were these three kids?
- Just an ordinary fella
- 5 young ladies (4 of them cheery)
- Man and two women
- Three women in Atlantic City, New Jersey
- House with children on the front porch
- Woman and her cat
- Children getting a ride from a goat
- Man with cat reading Harold Bell Wright novel
- Woman feeding chickens
- Woman feeding a chipmunk at Yellowstone
- Man sitting in chair
Footnote
1. I'm assuming I haven't posted it before, but my mind is getting murkier and murkier.
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