A real photographic postcard || The subject of this photograph is a small boy dressed in a replica of a British soldier’s uniform, complete with lanyard and toy gun. His eight-pointed cap badge resembles the ‘cap star’ of the Coldstream Guards. The printed information on the back of this real photographic postcard tells us that the photographic studio that produced it was ‘Leo Legge & Co., 12 Grainger St., Newcastle-on-Tyne’. || || Photograph || A boy dressed as a British soldier photographed in Newcastle

A photographic postcard showing a family photographed in 1916 in London. || A handwritten message on the back of this photographic postcard, which shows a couple and their daughter, reads, ‘With love from all. Taken on Stan’s draft leave, July 24th 1916, Ethel, 5 ¼ years’. The printed information on the back includes the name of the photographic studio that produced this postcard: ‘Jno. Emberson, Wimbledon, Surbiton & Tooting south London’. Ethel’s father’s cap badge is that of the Buffs (East Kent Regiment); the single stripe on his right sleeve proclaims his rank: lance corporal. || || A family photographed in 1916 in London. || Photograph

The subjects of this real photographic postcard are small boy standing on a bench and his soldier–father. The three upturned chevrons on the soldier’s lower right-hand sleeve are good-conduct stripes, signifying that he has served in the British Army for twelve years without having been disciplined. Below the good-conduct stripes is a wound stripe, indicating that he has been wounded, and suggesting that this photograph dates from after August 1916, when wound stripes were introduced. This is confirmed by a stamp on the reverse, which states ‘18 DEC 1916’. The name of the studio that father and son visited in order to be photographed is also given: ‘Photo by The Florence Studio, 103 High Street, Camden Town in north London’. || A real photographic postcard || || Postcard || A photograph of a British soldier and his son