This is a make-good for my last post. That one was probably shot in 2024, written on the back of this one, "Burt about 1913." Before I became fascinated by photos from all eras, my collecting was mostly images that were at least 100 years old. This photo started as a real photo postcard that was cut down to a smaller size.
Just enough of the license plate holder is readable to see that this Rambler station wagon was purchased from a dealership in North Hollywood, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, and not really all that close to Hollywood itself. I wonder if she's off to dance class for the aspiring child stars of the 1950s.
It looks like Raquel is on a stage, so I'm going with a theatrical photo rather than a costume party. Too, that's a great kick. Written on the back, "To Dear Leo, Sincerely your's Raquel."
Costume party? I looked at it with a magnifying glass and the grain is a bit soft, so it may have been shot out of focus, but it was also printed that way. Anyway, because it's less than sharp, I'm not going to do any more than advise people to look at the chin lines of the two adults. In the male costume, the chin line looks female. In the female costume, it looks a bit male to me, though because of the focus and angle, I'm not going to give an opinion.
