Name/TitlePostcard: The Husband, And How To Train It
About this objectValentine's Series postcard depicting a stern woman in a large hat and brown overcoat, leaning on a cane and holding a pair of glasses to her eyes, glaring at a flustered man in a frock coat with his right arm around the waist of a blushing young woman leaning against an office desk. The caption reads: "The Husband, And How To Train IT. If IT wires: "Working late at the office", run up to town just to see that there is no mistake in the telegram." An artist's signature [CHA?] bottom left has been partially cut off.
MakerValentine and Son
Maker RolePublisher
Period1910s
Place MadeScotland, Dundee
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksCorrespondence: [In purple crayon/pencil] "Dear Mother ~ I shall bike over on Sunday if fine [???] with love from Daisy"
Addressee: Mrs W [Miniver?], Strubby, Nr Alford, Lincolnshire
Halfpenny stamp mostly removed and postmark barely legible: ...bleta...
MeasurementsH: 88 x W: 139 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association KeywordsMarriage
Subject and Association Keywordsfemale relationships - sexual
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2022-26-6
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved