Name/TitlePostcard: Is Marriage a Failure?
About this object"National" Series postcard captioned "Is Marriage a Failure?" followed by the word "SUBDUED" and depicting an exhausted man pushing a pram containing two screaming babies in white bonnets.
MakerMillar & Lang Ltd
Maker RoleArt Publisher
Period1900s
Place NotesGlasgow and London
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksCorrespondence: [In ink] "Dear H. this is exactly how I open my mouth on Saturday when they scored the goals and these are a pair of the West Ham Boys as they went home crying, we shall take some beaten [sic] this season. good old City. Joe"
Addressee: [Mr?] H. [Saunders?], Rising Sun, Newmarket
Halfpenny stamp postmarked Norwich 12:15 AM Sept 18 1906
MeasurementsH: 139 x W: 88 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association KeywordsMarriage
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - children
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2022-26-12
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved