I think (guess) it's a postcard, or quasi postcard. Postcards usually had, but didn't require any printing on back. The postcard text was custom not law-- after all, envelopes didn't and don't require any printing. I've seen old blank backed items, including 3x5 index cards, that had been used as postcards. The reason we know the era of the 'Pinkerton Postcards' and Pinkerton Scorecards is the blank backed ones were sometimes used as postcards and have on back the postmark, along with handwritten note and address. Some people originally wondered if they were more modern, but a couple of postally used ones confirmed the 1910s dating. The front of the Wagner resembles a standard souvenir postcard. You didn't show the back, but, if there is no text at all, realize that souvenir postcards were often sold in booklets (the proverbial and sometimes literal 'Pack of 10') and the company/issuer name would not have had to be listed on each individual card.
At sale I'd call it a 'postcard or similar souvenir-type print.'
Last edited by drcy; 04-18-2014 at 11:15 AM.
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