A small girl in a white dress and a large white hair bow stands inside a child's canvas teepee pitched on the grass beside a clapboard house with shuttered windows and a railed porch. The teepee's poles cross at the top above a dark triangular opening.
Play teepees were a common nursery toy in the early 1900s, when dime novels and touring Wild West shows made Indian play a familiar part of childhood. The setting is an ordinary domestic yard, and nothing on the card names the child or the town.
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Notes
Real photo print; image occupies the left portion of the card with a large blank white area at right. Heavy dark staining at upper left, light soiling and a diagonal scuff on the blank area, worn corners.
No postmark. Undivided back with printed "POST CARD / THIS SIDE FOR THE ADDRESS" and a stamp box reading "PLACE POSTAGE / STAMP HERE" around a decorative monogram; card is unused — no message, address, or stamp. Light soiling/toning on the cream stock.
Cite this card
Girl in a play teepee beside a clapboard house, circa 1905, postcard, c. 1905. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/girl-in-a-play-teepee-beside-a-clapboard-house-circa-1905. Accessed November 2, 2026.
