Some time ago, we saw a postcard of children at play that was copyrighted by the Ullman Manufacturing Company of New York.
I remembered that I had an unmailed postcard with an image of children at play.
This postcard is a few years later than the game of “leapfrog”, but I scanned it to expand the theme of childhood activity.
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In this example of postcard art, two children are playing outdoors.
Initially, I thought the children were on a beach, but the background is too vague to support that assumption.
Neither are attired for swimming.
The boy, in a sparkling sailor suit, digs in the ground.
He appears to be planting something, perhaps daffodils.
Standing beside him is his older sister,
She is attired in a pink sun dress and a frilly pink bonnet.
She carries an umbrella to protect them from the sun.
In another hand, she holds a large fan of oriental design.
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The scene, by an anonymous postcard artist, is entitled, “Summer”.’
The postcard was printed in the United States circa 1910.
That the postcard was preserved in good condition suggests that a collector had been charmed by the pleasant scene.
