Two children pose on a seesaw in a studio, a girl in a white dress seated at left with a doll and another child at right. Behind them is a painted backdrop showing a bridge and foliage. The seesaw and backdrop are studio props, a common way photographers staged playful childhood scenes in the early 1900s.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Sheldon Iowa Feb 23rd
Dear Agnes
has the Grippe and feels
pretty bad with it. We'll [illegible]
and walk [illegible] here.
Saturday Celia was over
to stay with her they
were down to the sale
Walter bought a horse and
he said she was feeling
pretty bad, will be
glad when she gets
so she will feel like
her self again
Mother
Black-and-white image with white border; printed caption and number in the negative; blue stain at lower left corner.
Postmark: SHELDON FEB 28 4-30P, year digits obscured by handwriting. Divided-back card, Star Series imprint (G.D. & D., London) printed in Bavaria; light edge wear and slight soiling.
Cite this card
Two children on a see-saw, Sheldon, IA, 1910, postcard, c. 1910. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/two-children-on-a-see-saw-sheldon-ia-1910. Accessed November 2, 2026.
