Name/TitlePostcard: Slow March, Constable
About this objectBamforth & Co. Series No. 1712: colour tinted photograph (copyright Bamforth) depicting a grinning woman in long dress and petticoat, waving a banner bearing the slogan 'VOTES FOR WOMEN', in the arms of a policeman with one hand up her skirt. Captioned 'Slow march, constable, I'm having the time of my life!'
MakerBamforth & Co Ltd
Maker RolePublisher
Period1910s
Place MadeEngland, Holmfirth
Place NotesBamforth & Co., publishers in Holmfirth (England) and New York. Printed in England.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksCorrespondence: [Upside down, in pencil] "Dear C. I shall be coming down on Sat night if I am not working on Sun. I don't think I shall be working so I shall come by the 9.50pm from Sheff and arr. at Wath 11.19 via Stairfoot. Shall not be able to get before as I don't finish [until?] 8 o'clock at night if not by this train I shall not come. B. [L?] to all & Self. [Tom?]"
Addressee: Miss C Naylor, 19 Princes St, West Melton, nr Rotherham
Halfpenny stamp postmarked Sheffield 10:15 PM June 16 1911
MeasurementsH: 138 x W: 87 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - political
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2022-26-24
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved