Real photo postcard studio photograph of a ventriloquist performer with a dummy figure, the card having been mailed from North Hollywood, California, with a Hollywood postmark dated 1939 and a one cent green stamp. The reverse bears a handwritten ink message addressed to Franklin S. Betz at 4853 Stratford Road, Los Angeles, California, with the message referencing the Van Nuys area and a cancelled engagement date. This card is a particularly well-documented example combining a clear postmark, legible address, readable correspondence message, and Hollywood origin, placing it precisely within the American West Coast entertainment industry context of the late 1930s. The combination of provenance elements makes this card of above-average research and collector interest. The reverse reads: POST CARD reverse with Hollywood postmark dated 1939, one cent green stamp, handwritten message addressed to Franklin S. Betz, Los Angeles, California. Handwritten inscriptions read: Full ink correspondence message with address.