Question About Real Picture Post Cards

I was going through things and I came across a group of old family photographs that I didn't remember having....they were likely in the possession of my grandfather as he was big on genealogy.

I came across two that were pictures on postcards. One was his mother and another lady in November 1913. It was never mailed. Another was of relatives or friends (it was written on who the people were)

My question:

When did this type start and when did it fade in popularity?

postcard of this type were very popular from about 1900 to 1930s. Turn of the Century to about 1920 were their heyday.

http://www.metropostcard.com/guiderealphoto.html ... a little more information on this subject ;)

With the right paper stock you can do it today, in fact my latest summer harvest fdc is postcard style.

Germany and some other European countries used them quite a bit until the 1950's-60's.

IkeyPikey...thanks for the link.

Hi to all

Some families used them to "show off" there new purchases. I have several where the family are sitting in their new Bugatti car, which was the 1st in New Zealand.
So some have a very real historical significance.
Regards
Horamakhet

Thanks for the information everyone. My initial assumption was that this type of postcard started to fade as the Depression hit and families were focused on survival.

Appears that postcard I have is AZO 1904-1918 according to the site Ikey posted.


-MV