Postcard Of My Grandmother

Don't know how old this is. She was born in 1891.

Zipper,

Was the card sent through the mail and, if so, would you post a copy of the back?

Any idea where the photo was taken?

Steve

Never mailed, the back is clean. It would have been taken in Chicago, but that's all I'm sure of. I have another one with a different pose somewhere, but of course it's packed in one of many boxes of old magazines and newspapers.

The back is faint, but perhaps the layout might indicate a time period.

azo postcard

4 triangles pointing up = 1904-1918

Thanks, rod222. So she would have been less than 27 years old. Married already, she and her husband owned a Saloon. She cooked for the joint, and when customers bought a beer, they ate free. (We had an old wood bar stool in our attic, and a beer bucket in our pantry.)

Very shortly after this postcard photo was taken, Prohibition would have taken effect. She told me that she bought her beer from Al Capone then -- they lived on the South Side. They weren't shut down for running a "speak" because they were across the street from International Harvester, and the workers would have rioted if the cops took away their beer.

Ahhhh..The days of yore.
The reason most collect stamps, we visit other times,
we are desk ridden time-travellers.

I love that description. It sounds so poetic and even a bit romanticized.

P.S. Nice postcard =) It's nice to have that bit of history from your family. I am working on my family tree but I don't have much information pre-dating the 60's.

I agree- so whimsical sounding..nice!