Four women and a young girl pose outdoors beneath a rustic arbor of branches, with a multi-paned building behind them. The message identifies the child as "Small girl Mary," and the card is addressed to Mary Griesser in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The scene is informal and domestic, the kind of family likeness sent to relatives in the years when real-photo postcards were a common way to share news and likenesses.
Real photo postcard; vertical crease, stains, edge wear, and faint pencil marks in the left margin.
No postmark (no stamp affixed; stamp box printed 'PLACE POSTAGE STAMP HERE'). Divided-back real-photo card, matte texture, ornate 'C' swirl stamp-box logo at top right. Pencil marks 'RMLJ A2 02' at top right; pen message mid-left reads 'Small girl / Mary' (card addressed to Mary Griesser). Card heavily soiled, stained and creased.
Cite this card
Four women and girl under arbor, South Bethlehem, PA, circa 1915, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/four-women-and-girl-under-arbor-south-bethlehem-pa-circa-191. Accessed November 3, 2026.
