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Original early 20th-century real photo postcard (RPPC) depicting a substantial American Craftsman-style residence, dating to approximately 1908.
The photograph shows a beautifully detailed house with a broad covered front porch, tapered gable roofline, decorative porch columns, wood siding, multiple dormer windows, and a distinctive masonry foundation with patterned ventilation openings.
The reverse features handwritten correspondence addressed to Mrs. J. J. Foushee of Sedgwick, Kansas, with the handwritten date “Wichita 4/17/08.”
The brief message reads, “Do you recognize it?” suggesting that the residence may have been familiar to the recipient.
The postcard has an undivided photographic image on the front and a divided correspondence back with an unused postage area.
Details:
* Type: Real Photo Postcard (RPPC)
* Subject: American Craftsman residence / bungalow architecture
* Period: Early 1900s, dated April 17, 1908
* Associated location: Wichita and Sedgwick, Kansas
* Recipient: Mrs. J. J. Foushee
* Size: Standard postcard format
Condition: Original age-related toning, corner and edge wear, and a prominent area of discoloration along the right side of the photographic image. The architectural details remain clearly visible. Please examine photographs for condition.
An appealing early American residential architecture photograph with surviving Kansas family correspondence.
