A real photographic postcard || Although the details of the photographer’s studio in which this photograph was taken are not given, a handwritten message on the reverse provides at least the first names of the family pictured: ‘With Love From Ada, Harold & Harry’, it says. Sitting on his mother Ada’s lap, baby Harry stares wide-eyed at the viewer. Harold, his soldier–father, is wearing a ring on his wedding finger, while the three stripes on his left arm inform us that he has attained the rank of sergeant. || || A photograph of a British soldier, his wife and son || Photograph

ΦΩΤΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΝΕΣΤΗ ΠΥΡΟΒΟΛΟΑΚΗ || Ο Ανέστης Γεωργ. Πυροβολάκης, καθισμένος, με σταυρωτά πόδια, την κάννη της καραμπίνας στο αριστερό χέρι, στέλνει χαιρετίσματα από το μέτωπο στους γονείς του.

Not only has this photograph aged badly, but, originally printed on a postcard mount, it was subsequently cut into an oval shape (partially cropped here) to fit a picture frame. Written on the back of the postcard in pencil is the name ‘Mabel’, and ‘3½’. Presumably the small girl pictured with her mother and soldier–father is therefore three-and-a-half-year-old Mabel. || A real photographic postcard || || Front || Postcard || A photograph of a British soldier's family