Name/TitlePostcard: Coming Modes for Women
About this objectValentine's Series postcard depicting a woman in a hat and green harem pants with purple umbrella running to catch a bus, watched by a policeman clutching a lamppost and a man with a raised stick in the background. Captioned "COMING MODES FOR WOMEN ~ Or What It Will End In".
MakerValentine and Son
Maker RolePublisher
Date Madec.1914-18
Period1910s
Place MadeScotland, Dundee
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn back, across top, in pencil: "REG/Q/009-2 ~ Valentine"
Correspondence: [At right angles, in pencil] " Are you waiting for a bus ~ don't think ~ [R or K] O."
Addressee: [Lieut?] F Poole [A?] Squadron, 3rd Hussars, Shorncliffe, Kent
Stamp has been removed, obscuring postmark: Birmingham, 5...
MeasurementsH: 88 x W: 139 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association KeywordsFirst World War
Subject and Association KeywordsFashion - clothing
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2022-26-3
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved