Suffrage “Real Photo” Post Cards

In 1907, Kodak offered a service to the American public that allowed for the printing on a post card of any photograph that one might care to submit. The idea caught on quickly, and suffragists were among the first to use the technique to benefit a cause. The Woman’s Journal, for example, urged women to take creative suffrage related pictures, have them made into post cards, and sell them to the public to raise money. Local amateur photographers also took photographs of area events, saving for prosperity what otherwise might have been lost.