Portrait of a man in suit and straw hat, Hughart, WV, 1914
- Subject
- Portraits
- Card type
- Real photo
About this postcard
A full-length outdoor portrait of a mustachioed man standing on bare, uneven ground in front of a rough split-rail fence, with trees and brush beyond it. He wears a dark suit jacket, a white shirt and tie, striped trousers, a straw hat, and a small pin or badge on his lapel, and he faces the camera squarely in the stiff, formal stance common to small-town studio and outdoor sittings of the period. The card was mailed in April 1914 from Hughart, a small community in West Virginia, to Miss Bessie Greene in Cornwall, Virginia. Real photo postcards allowed local photographers to print a portrait directly onto card stock, so a picture like this one could be made and sent within a few days.
Postcard Details
Cornwall, VA
Postcard record
| Postmarked | , HUGHART, WV |
|---|---|
| Condition | Good |
| Place addressed | Miss Bessie Greene, Cornwall, VA |
| Stamp | 1c George Washington, green, issued 1909 |
| Stamp | 10c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides |
| Notes | Real photo postcard with a thin white border; visible tear/abrasion at the right edge and general edge and corner wear. No printed text or handwriting on the front. Postmark: HUGHART W.VA. APR 22 1914. Divided-back real-photo card (matte, thin white border on front); faint erased pencil scribble in message area plus dealer mark 'D15M 3-'; stamp box hidden under 1-cent stamp. |
Cite this card
Portrait of a man in suit and straw hat, Hughart, WV, 1914, postcard, c. 1914. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/portrait-of-a-man-in-suit-and-straw-hat-hughart-wv-1914. Accessed November 2, 2026.