This vintage Italian real photo postcard features a pretty and fashionable woman and her elegant greyhound. She is holding the leash tightly. The woman is wearing four flowers on her jacket. Perhaps she was at a dog show and the photo was taken after the competition. The message on this postcard was written in 1941. This postcard is in very good condition (see scans). ADDENDUM: A visitor has corrected me about the dog’s breed. The dog is a Borzoi and not a Greyhound.
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She seems to be holding artificial flowers against her chest. You can see the long stem if you look closely..
Interesting – WW II is in full swing, Italy is invading other countries and sending its citizens to Nazi death camps, and this card praises the rich and beautiful as if nothing else of importance is happening.
On Sat, Apr 24, 2021 at 9:00 AM THE CABINET CARD GALLERY wrote:
> bmarshphd posted: ” This vintage Italian real photo postcard features a > pretty and fashionable woman and her elegant greyhound. She is holding the > leash tightly. The woman is wearing four flowers on her jacket. Perhaps she > was at a dog show and the photo was taken after” >
You are correct. Life went on, despite the horror of the war. If you are interested, check out the Google Arts and Culture article entitled “WarDrobe : Fashion and World War II”.
https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/wardrobe-fashion-and-world-war-ii-fashion-history-museum-cambridge-ontario-canada/xQLSclZVvzoxLw?hl=en
The dog is not a greyhound, it is a borzoi. And, yes, she is holding the flowers.
see I am not the first one to note that the dog is a borzoi