Name/TitlePostcard: "How It Feels To Mere Man"
About this objectBamforth & Co. Series No. 1476: colour tinted photograph (copyright Bamforth & Co. 1909) depicting a bride in white dress and veil standing at the altar beside the groom, who is kneeling. Captioned '"How it feels to mere Man."'
MakerBamforth & Co Ltd
Maker RolePublisher
Date Made1909
Period1900s
Place MadeEngland, Holmfirth
Place NotesBamforth & Co., publishers in Holmfirth (England) and New York. Printed in England.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksBack, Bottom right, in pencil: "30"
Correspondence: [Upside down, in black ink] "Dear B. Just came home from market. Saw your friend. She said she wished you had come for a few days. It is a lovely day here today. I hope it will continue to be nice weather. I am sorry for [I?]. Perhaps he will sympathise with us if he does not see you often. Give my love to all. A.H."
Addressee: Miss Sumpter, North Kyme [Terr?] Billinghay, Lincoln
Halfpenny stamp postmarked Bournemouth, 7:30 PM, Sept 9 1909
MeasurementsH: 138 x W: 87 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association KeywordsMarriage
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2022-26-23
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved