It took me a minute to put it together, but the buckets in the hands of these very strong looking women are milk pails, and in the opposite hand each holds a milking stool along with a bright white towel. (What the men are up to I'm not quite sure, but surely there is no shortage of things to do.) No young milk maids here, but rather quite sturdy and wise women, with wonderful life-worn faces and postures and some marvelous stripes over stripes on the two women at far left. The reverse side I believe is Swedish, and I presume names the subjects of the photo. 

 5 7/16 x 3 7/16. Good overall condition, with a few light creases showing as very thin white lines in the photo, on the diagonal at lower right. Of a card weight, like a real photo postcard but with the back unprinted.