A real photographic postcard || The details within an oval stamp on the back of this real photographic postcard tell us that it was produced by ‘A. Last, Photographer / 93 or 83 Prince of Wales Road / Norwich in East Anglia’. The family photographed in Last’s studio are a young boy, who is standing next to his seated mother, and his soldier-father, whose cap badge is that of a fusiliers’ regiment, perhaps the Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment). Most notably, he is dressed in ‘hospital blues’, the distinctive uniform worn by wounded or otherwise incapacitated British soldiers who had returned to ‘Blighty’ for medical treatment and convalescence. He is supporting himself by holding his wife’s chair, as well as with a stick (half hidden behind his right leg). || || A British soldier and his family photographed in Norwich || Photograph

A British patriotic and sentimental postcard || Captioned ‘The Wounded Soldier.’, the scene portrayed on the front of this postcard comprises a boy dressed as a British soldier, with a bandaged head, arm-in-arm with a smiling girl. The postcard has been addressed in black ink to ‘Master. Grady. W. Sharpe / Durley Dean Hydro / Bournemouth in Dorset’. The message reads, ‘LOTS OF LOVE FROM DICK.’ There is a partially legible postmark: ‘3-PM / 25 SP / 18 / KENT’. The printed details state ‘“Khaki Kiddies.” Series No. 514. Printed in England.’ and ‘A. M. Davis & Co. / Quality cards / London.’. || || Postcard || Front || A British sentimental postcard

A real photographic postcard || A father and son visited ‘The Hudson Studios, Ltd., Great Western Arcade & City Arcades, Birmingham’ to be photographed, as the details on the reverse tell us, a business that also offered ‘Pictures & Picture Framing at Wholesale Prices’. The cap-wearing boy stands next to his seated soldier–father, who has draped his left arm around his son’s shoulders. He holds an unlit cigarette in his hand and a wedding ring is also apparent. Visible details of his uniform include a swagger stick and a white lanyard, and his cap badge appears to be that of the Army Service Corps. A message has been pencilled on the back, but is not that legible: ‘To Miss C Flennelly ? / wishing you the best of health & luck ? from your old ? ? Fred A ? xxxx’. || || Photograph || Front || A soldier and his son photographed in Birmingham