Real Photos of the Ozarks

Real photo postcards are just that: a photograph was taken and developed. A caption was often hand-written on the negative (on glass). The photograph was printed on special postcard stock. Many real photos are one of a kind. Some were, relatively, mass produced, usually by a photographer.

Some clues are that if the caption is not neat, it probably was one of a kind. Mass produced cards usually were neater and may carry the name of the photographer. Real photos also date from early in the century, but are still being made today.