The photographer’s name and address is printed on the back of this photographic postcard: ‘Harrison’s Studio, 68 Meadow Road, Leeds in Yorkshire’. The subjects are a woman and her child. The mother’s wedding ring is clearly visible, as are the two brooches that she wears: a cameo and, beneath it, a sweetheart brooch. The sweetheart brooch takes the form of a rifle, upon which is superimposed the badge of the regiment in which her husband was presumably serving. The details of the badge are indistinct, but the shape points to a crown-surmounted rose of Yorkshire, which may indicate the badge of the Yorkshire Dragoons (Queen’s Own). || || Photograph || A photograph of a mother and child from Leeds. || English

A real photographic postcard || The family of three pictured on the front of this real photographic postcard consists of a small girl, dressed in white, her mother and her soldier–father, who is wearing a dark lanyard and a leather belt. The badges on his collar indicate that he is serving in an infantry Pioneer battalion. The name and address of the studio in which they are pictured are printed on the back: ‘Hall & Siggers, Keighley West Yorkshire.’. || || Photograph || Front || A photograph of a British soldier and his family

We know that the studio in which the family pictured on the front of this real photographic postcard was in Greenwich (in south-east London), because the photographer’s details have been printed on the reverse: ‘F. Sharp, 27 Trafalgar Road, Greenwich / By Special Appointment to the Admiralty’. The family comprises three girls, wearing identical dresses and ribbons in their hair; their mother, who is holding a toddler on her lap; and their soldier–father (a medal ribbon is visible above his left breast pocket). || A real photographic postcard || || Photograph || A photograph of a British soldier and his family || Front