Widower and his two sons
Anonymous, East European
real photo postcard

A powerful composition showing a family beside the open casket of a dead woman, almost certainly the mother of the two shaven-headed boys seen here. Their father has donned an evening-suit for the occasion, and his arms are around his sons, one of whom looks directly into the camera. Behind stands their grandmother (presumably), her head wrapped in a black shawl, one hand protectively placed around the older boy.

A real photo postcard measuring 3.5" by 5.4" (8.9 cm by 13.8 cm).

Photographer and location unidentified, but probably East European or Russian.