A keyhole-shaped opening in an ornate scroll-decorated frame reveals a woman in a red robe or gown, her dark hair piled high, standing behind a white-railed bed or crib with red drapery behind her. The printed caption reads "PEEK-A-BOO." The keyhole frame turns the scene into a comic peep show, with the viewer cast as a surreptitious onlooker. Keyhole and peeping scenes were a common humorous novelty motif on early twentieth-century postcards.
Postcard Details
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Postcard record
Series
106
Condition
Good
Notes
Embossed frame and raised lettering; white border; light foxing and edge wear.
No postmark. Divided-back private postcard with "THIS SIDE FOR CORRESPONDENCE" and "THE ADDRESS TO BE WRITTEN ON THIS SIDE"; stamp box quotes domestic one cent / foreign two cents, placing it c. 1907-1915. Card is unused - no address or message. Heavy foxing, brown staining and album residue; printed series number "106" at lower left. Front is a color-printed keyhole novelty view with a white border.
Cite this card
Peek-a-Boo keyhole view of a woman, circa 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/peek-a-boo-keyhole-view-of-a-woman-circa-1910. Accessed November 13, 2026.
