Real photo postcard close portrait of a young ventriloquist performer alongside a large dummy figure with dramatically oversized painted features and an wide open-mouthed grinning expression. The scale of the dummy head relative to the young performer's face creates a visually striking and slightly surreal composition unusual within the genre. The youth of the performer suggests either a child act or a very early career promotional photograph.


The reverse bears a pencil notation reading Ventriloquist confirming the subject identification. The simplicity of the divided POST CARD format and the intimate close-up composition give this card a distinctive character among the more formally staged studio portraits in this collection.


Handwritten inscriptions read: Pencil notation on reverse.