A photographic postcard. || The printed information on the back of this photographic postcard includes the name of the photographer: ‘OVERTON. Photographer, 85 Prospect Street, Hull.’, plus the figure ‘2580’. In addition, there is a message written in black ink, which reads: ‘With Love from Ada / Christmas 1917.’ Further information has also been pencilled in a different hand: ‘196221 Gunner G Colley / Antie sic Aircraft Section France’. This may be a red herring, however, because the soldier–father’s cap badge does not seem to be a match for the Royal Artillery’s.

Printed on the back of this real photographic postcard is the name of the photographic studio that produced it: ‘Leo. Legge & Co., 12 Grainger Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne.’. Two small children gaze out at the viewer, the baby supported by his mother, and the little girl resting her arm on a table. Their soldier–father sits behind them; the details of his shoulder titles are indistinct. || A real photographic postcard || || A photograph of a British soldier and his family. || Photograph

An embossed stamp in the bottom left-hand corner of this photograph gives the name of the studio that produced it: ‘E HOPKINS VANDYK STUDIO JERSEY’. The family of four that posed in this studio comprises three small army children, their mother (whose wedding ring is evident) and their soldier–father. || A real photographic postcard || || A British soldier's family photographed in Jersey || Photograph