Name/TitlePostcard: Bell Bottoms
About this objectPostcard No. 70, depicting a sailor in blue uniform turning to look at a woman in a red skirt and white drawers or harem pants; captioned 'SAILORS ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO WEAR BELL BOTTOMS!'.
Period1910s
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksCorrespondence [at right angles in black ink]: "Hope you don't look at such sights as these when you go ashore ~ Are you coming to [??] soon with H ~ I will bring someone to meet you if I can, just for sport. Ja.Ja."
Addressee: H. Millen A.B., No. 4 Mess, HMS Lysander, 3rd Des. Flotilla, Invergordon, Scotland
Halfpenny stamp postmarked South[??] May 23 1914
MeasurementsH: 141 x W: 88 mm
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association KeywordsFashion - clothing
Subject and Association KeywordsSexism
Subject and Association KeywordsFirst World War
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2022-26-38
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved