A wide-eyed Edwardian beauty rests her chin in her hands and gazes out from beneath an elaborate upswept pompadour, her lace-cuffed sleeves framing the table as she contemplates — what, exactly? The caption beneath her declares in bold red and black type: "You look good to Father," and someone has added in pencil below: "a stranger in town" — a sardonic punchline that gives this already cheeky card an extra wink of knowing humor. Above her image, "T.T.A.C.Y.R.R." is inscribed in pencil — likely a coded postcard shorthand message popular in the era, possibly "Thinking of you and coming your way — railroad route." Mailed from Tacoma, Washington, in 1905 to Miss Hattie in the same city ("City" written as the sole address line), the card was hand-delivered locally with a 1-cent Franklin stamp and a clean Tacoma, Wash. machine cancel. A small period of fun in the undivided-back era, before the 1907 rule change allowed messages on the back.