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Printed postcards became a popular method of communication in the late-19th century. We do not see photo postcards, however, until the turn-of-the 20th century. At least we have not yet found any. After the turn-of-the century we see postcard-back photographs, both studio portaits and snapshots. Our concern here is with with the photographic postcards. Most of the early ones are studio portraits. They were popular because they could be mailed to family and friends. Some were mailed as postcards. This is useful as they commonly had dated postmarks. Others were enclosed in letters. This Russian postcard was the back of a studio portrait picturing two English children living in Russia during 1905 (figure 1). Notice that the back in 1905 is still undivided with a designated place for the address and message. This helps to date post cards that are not dated. The U.S. Postal Service began to allow divided backs in 1907 so that some of the back could be used for a message. We are not sure when this began in Russia, but believe this change occurred at about the same time throughout Europe.
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