THE TRANSFORMATIONALIST POSTCARDS

The Classic Transformationalist Postcard shows two men standing together on one side of a street, facing the camera. Both are wearing hats.

There are many slight variations on this theme. For example, in this postcard the men do not face the camera but are engaged in conversation.

And in this one, the two characters on the right face the camera but one is a girl. They both wear hats though.

More extreme variations on the Classic have required classification under separate headings such as The Two Man Split,  The One Man Variant and The Trinity. Care should be taken when purchasing Transformationalist postcards as mistakes can easily be made. I have included an advice page pointing out some common blunders.

How the Transformationalist Postcard phenomenon began is, like so much else, a mystery. However a clue might lie in this ceramic tile panel painted by Albert Slater and made by Minton Hollins & Co. for Longton Swimming Baths in 1886.

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