A real photographic postcard || Pictured in a studio setting on the front of this real photographic postcard are a British soldier, his wife and their daughter. The little girl is wearing an elaborate white dress, with a white ribbon in her hair. She is standing next to her mother, who is wearing a long necklace. Her soldier–father’s visible shoulder title says ‘RE’, telling us that he is serving in the Royal Engineers. The three stripes on his upper left sleeve, with a flaming grenade above, confirm that he is a sergeant in the Royal Engineers. The name and address of the studio in which the family is pictured is printed on the back: ‘E. VAN TROLGA’S STUDIOS. / Clapham Junction–Putney–Clapham in London & Southampton in Hampshire’. || || Photograph || Front

A real photographic postcard || The name of the photographer that produced this photograph, which has been printed with a wide margin (cropped out here) on a postcard back, has been stamped on the back: ‘H. Close’. Four children and their parents posed, flanked by pot plants and trellises, apparently in an outdoor setting, in order for their family photograph to be taken. The children’s soldier–father is a sergeant, and medal ribbons are visible above his left-hand tunic pocket. || || Front || Photograph || A photograph of a British soldier and his family

This larger-than-postcard-sized photograph has been glued to the centre of a brown-toned cardboard mount (cropped out here) bearing the details of the photographic studio that produced it: ‘USA STUDIOS’, ‘London W & Provincial Branches’. The solemn-looking family pictured comprises two young girls, dressed alike in white, with ribbons in their hair, their mother and their soldier–father. || A photograph || || Photograph || A photograph of a British soldier and his family