Any information Please unusual post card maybe Ireland

[heywood]

Ruskie,
No idea re staff member - it was suggested as a possibility earlier - reply #15.

Heywood

[aghadowey]

Could the man be wearing carpet slippers or embroiderd slippers?

[Creasegirl]

I know a previous poster mentioned about the brick design in the building.  There is a similar style of bottom bricks and size of other bricks in this photo of salvation army building built in 1903.  I am not saying same building but style very similar and dates to when ur photo might have been taken
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salvation_Army_Congress_Hall,_Perth.jpg

[Peterichards]

I have studied my ancestors on both my mothers and fathers side and so far not one family has had staff, they were frequently staff so I think that the two men being staff is highly unlikely.
Looking at the shape of the eyes of the children and the men I would say the two men were brothers and that one of them was the father of the boys.
Attached is a hi res scan of the man on the left's feet.

[heywood]

The footwear may not matter. I just thought they looked like the kind of sandals which are popular now and with people mentioning Australia thought they might have been worn in warmer climes.

[Peterichards]

I know a previous poster mentioned about the brick design in the building.  There is a similar style of bottom bricks and size of other bricks in this photo of salvation army building built in 1903.  I am not saying same building but style very similar and dates to when ur photo might have been taken
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salvation_Army_Congress_Hall,_Perth.jpg

Thanks Creasegirl
There is a definite similarity there.

[Treetotal]

They just look like slippers with foliage over the top.
Carol

[jim1]

Had a quick scan of the replies & 1902-06 is about right. The AZO stamp box has already been mentioned but in addition the "for inland postage only" is a bit of a giveaway as up to around 1906 these cards weren't accepted by other countries.
The door leaning looks a fly screen & with the porch & hard sandy ground it does look like Oz or NZ doesn't it.

[arthurk]

Partly answering my own post here:

I'm not familiar with dating Azo stamp boxes. Are they peculiar to the UK, or some global convention? If they're UK only, does that suggest the building is in the UK?

After a bit of research, I gather Azo refers to Kodak Azo photographic paper, and it was used in a number of countries.

However, on dating:

Had a quick scan of the replies & 1902-06 is about right.

The symbols in the corners are important for dating. I think we've already had a mention of this site, which says the diamonds are from 1905-1909:

https://www.playle.com/realphoto/photoa.php

However, the following sites narrow it down to about 1907-09:

https://www.histclo.com/photo/pc/type/per/pct-perc.html

http://www.fadingimages.uk/postcards.asp