This postcard photograph was not mailed, and the reverse lacks any in indication of a location at which the photograph was taken or printed.

There is an inscription, in pencil, that is so faded as to be almost obliterated.

Extrapolating from the letters that we can distinguish; it appears that the postcard was presented to Mr. and Mrs. C. H.  – with a last name that may be “Guthrie”.

There is a clear reference that the postcard was from another Mr. and Mrs. – and I assume that the following faded letters once identified the couple in the photograph.

(When I viewed the image of the reverse under various light filters, the couple’s last name becomes slightly more legible – it might be “Hauck” or “Houck”.  

I am not sufficiently confident of this reading however, that I would apply the name to the persons on the face.)

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Due to the repeated “Mr. and Mrs.”, I have identified the couple as married and further assume that this photograph may celebrate their marriage.

Here, we see the man and woman standing close together, but there are no physical expressions (hands held, hand on arm, bodily contact) that would suggest their married union.

The woman is clearly wearing a wedding ring, however.

The formality extends to their expressions, which are solemn and stoic.

The woman wears a light-colored shift with an ornamental belt of wide ribbon-like material. The man wears a three-piece suit with a long tie – his shirt collar is a modern style and not the high starched collars of a decade earlier.

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I spent some time with an enlarged view of their faces, making digital repairs to several small tears on the postcard.

Although they are no longer among the living, one hopes that they were happy and successful in their life together.