This studio portrait has been printed on a postcard back, whose printed information includes the details ‘British Made’ and ‘1045’. A young girl, dressed smartly in white, stands next to her seated mother and in front of her soldier–father. Her mother’s hatpin and jewellery are notable, particularly the brooch pinned to her collar and the heart-shaped locket that hangs below it. The ring on her soldier–father’s wedding finger is also discernible, as is a dark lanyard. His cap badge appears to be that of the Essex Regiment. || A real photographic postcard || || Photograph || A photograph of a British soldier and his family

Printed on the back of this real photographic postcard are the name and logo of the photographic studio that produced it: ‘Gale’s Studios Ltd / branches everywhere’, the address of its head office being given as 45–47 Oxford Road, Manchester, with branch addresses listed below in Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Nottingham, Leicester, Portsmouth, Blackpool, Cardiff, Birmingham, Glasgow, Bristol, Newcastle and Sheffield; named under ‘“BLACK & WHITE”’ are branches in Liverpool, Manchester, Bradford, Coventry, Hanley ‘Etc. Etc.’. Portrayed on the front are a British soldier and his wife, who is holding a baby. They are flanked by two daughters. || A real photographic postcard || || A photograph of a British soldier and his family || Photograph

A real photographic postcard || There is nothing on this real photographic postcard to tell us who the pictured family of six are, or who produced this faded photograph. Three girls perched on a bench in front of a stone wall in order to be photographed, with their brother standing behind them, flanked by their parents. The cross within a circular badge on their soldier–father’s right sleeve indicates that he had qualified as a medical orderly. || || A photograph of a British soldier and his family || Photograph