The top card is a linen postcard published by the Asheville (North Carolina) Post Card Co. N327 is captioned "CHURNING. A MOUNTAIN WOMAN AT ONE OF HER CHORES." I can't quite tell whether this is color photography or a black and white photo that was hand-colored. If pressed, I'd lean toward the latter. I hope she got paid for her time!
The second postcard is from the UK. It's from M.P. Series No. 2 and is labeled "PLAYMATES." A barefoot boy who looks he'd fit well alongside the mountain woman is standing by a stool (or tiny table) upon which rests a rabbit. I'm not sure what year this one is from, but it has a divided back and indicates that for "inland" delivery it requires half-penny stamp (1/2 d.). According to the Great Britain Philatelic Society, the half-penny rate was in effect from 1870 through the first half of 1918. So that narrows the possibilities.
Neither postcard has been written on or mailed, so I'll try to put them to use and convert them into even more interesting ephemera for a future historian. But it'll cost way more than a half-penny to mail them.
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