Name/TitlePostcard: Mother's Collared Father's Pants
About this objectBeat Em All Series Postcard No. 173, bearing a rhyming caption: 'Mother's Collared Father's Pants ~ To Make a Harem Skirt ~ So Father's Borrowed This Old Sack ~ To Hide His Worn Out Shirt ~ AT MORECAMBE' and depicting a woman strutting along in in red "harem skirt" while the man beside her looks downcast in a top hat, dress jacket and flour sack.
MakerCorona Publishing Co
Maker RolePublisher
Period1910s
Place MadeEngland, Blackpool
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksCorrespondence: [In black ink] "Morecambe ~ Dear Mother, we arrived safe after a good [brushing?] We did not land till 12-15 So if our Annie and Nellie is Coming they must come as early as possible so that at five past six will be good one. Beautiful Weather Here. Do let me know before Wendsday [sic] Mary Wilson 45 [Pedderston?]"
Addressee: Mrs A. Abram, no. 6 Diamond St, Leigh, Lanc.
Halfpenny stamp postmarked Morecambe 7:45 PM July 2 [or 2-?] 1911
MeasurementsH: 137 x W: 88 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association KeywordsFashion - clothing
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2022-26-30
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved