Two women and dogs on a house porch, circa 1910

About this postcard

Two women in white dresses stand on the deep, awning-shaded porch of a brick house, with a dog on the concrete steps and a small tree and sidewalk in the foreground. The message calls the house 'our place' and says the picture was taken before the baby was born, with the writer's mother standing in front. It also notes that the big dog belongs next door and that the little black pup on the top step is the family's. The front porch was a common social space in early 20th-century American homes, and the note turns a simple family snapshot into a record of a household before a new baby arrived.