Name/TitlePostcard: Don't Talk About Your Neighbours
About this objectBamforth & Co. Series No. 1412: colour tinted photograph (copyright Bamforth & Co. 1908) depicting two women in long dresses and hats, carrying parasols and standing beside a garden fence. Captioned 'Don't talk about your neighbours; if your tongue needs exercise, chew gum.'
MakerBamforth & Co Ltd
Maker RolePublisher
Date Made1908
Period1900s
Place MadeEngland, Holmfirth
Place NotesBamforth & Co., publishers in Holmfirth (England) and New York. Printed in England.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksBottom right, in pencil, mostly erased: "15"
Correspondence: "[In smudged pencil] "[?? nighty?] Dear L ~ have sold [mitts?] for what I said & got 2 more pair ordered at 1/9 beside the others so if you like you can make them have been [??] for [front?] since Monday 4 o'clock. May be home at any time if not change in weather if we can get paid before Friday but I doubt it [last sentence illegible]"
Addressee: Mrs L [Collins? Cousins?], Cromer Rd, North Walsham, Norfolk
Halfpenny stamp postmarked ..est Hap.. 7[45?] PM, 8 Jan [??]
MeasurementsH: 136 x W: 86 mm
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2022-26-22
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved