About this piece
Antique divided-back postcard depicting two women in Edwardian-style bathing costumes wading in the water beside a wooden bathhouse structure. One woman holds a red bathing cap/sash and wears a dark parasol-style bathing hat while the other wears a striped bathing suit and wide-brimmed straw hat trimmed with berries — a classic "bathing beauties" image typical of the Golden Age divided-back era (1907–c.1915).
• Condition: VG (light corner wear, era-appropriate handling; postally used)
• Type: Divided Back Postcard, lithographed
• Series: 845
• Postmark: Union, NY, 1909
• Handwritten message present on reverse side
• Subject: Edwardian bathing beauties / early 1900s swimwear
This item will be securely packaged and shipped quickly to ensure safe arrival.
Keywords: vintage ephemera, Edwardian fashion, antique lithograph postcard, early 1900s swimwear, bathing beauties, divided back postcard, postmarked 1909, Union NY postcard
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• Condition: VG (light corner wear, era-appropriate handling; postally used)
• Type: Divided Back Postcard, lithographed
• Series: 845
• Postmark: Union, NY, 1909
• Handwritten message present on reverse side
• Subject: Edwardian bathing beauties / early 1900s swimwear
This item will be securely packaged and shipped quickly to ensure safe arrival.
Keywords: vintage ephemera, Edwardian fashion, antique lithograph postcard, early 1900s swimwear, bathing beauties, divided back postcard, postmarked 1909, Union NY postcard
Check out all of our similar items!
