Name/TitlePostcard: Father's Got to Stay Indoors
About this objectPostcard No. 425, depicting a man in red checked waistcoat, shirt tails and bare legs looking wistfully at a woman in blue tunic top and red checked harem pants admiring herself in a mirror. Captioned 'FATHER'S GOT TO STAY INDOORS TO HIDE HIS DIRTY SHIRT ~ FOR MOTHER'S PINCHED HIS TROUSERS TO MAKE A HAREM SKIRT.'
Period1910s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn back, top and bottom right, in pencil: "CF/1095" and "D. Pub. N/K #425"
Correspondence [at right angles in purple pencil]: "16 Athelstan Rd, Clive Vale, Hastings ~ Dear Lily, Sorry I didn't write before as I've been so busy. I hope you will enjoy yourself when you are away. Let me know your address. Am sending Stan's card to our house as well. With Love Florence xxxxxx"
Addressee: Miss L. Jones, 81 Mortimer Rd, De Beauvoir Town, London N.
Halfpenny stamp postmarked Hastings 7:45 PM July 25 1912
MeasurementsH: 89 x W: 140 mm
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association KeywordsFashion - clothing
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2022-26-36
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved