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Rare pair of antique H.F. Rile photographic postcards depicting Topanga Road on the San Fernando Valley side of California.• Lot includes 2 period postcards of the same historic view
• Image caption: “31. Topanga Road San Fernando Valley Side Cal.”
• Both signed in image “H.F. Rile Photog.”
• Photographer: Harry Frantz Rile (1860–1949), noted early Southern California photographer
• One card bears the reverse imprint “H.F. Rile, Photographer, 1893 W. Jefferson St., Los Angeles, Calif.”
• Two different postcard-back designs/printings
• Believed to date approximately to the 1910s
• Historic early view of Topanga Canyon Road and the largely undeveloped/agricultural San Fernando Valley
• Both postcards are unused/unposted
• Original antique photographic postcards — not modern reproductions
• Age-related toning, surface wear, corner/edge wear and discoloration present as shownAn unusual opportunity to acquire two variants of the same early H.F. Rile Southern California image.Please review all photographs carefully for exact condition. Both cards pictured are included.
