Name/TitlePostcard: Cadenas américain pour les mauvaises langues
About this objectB.B. & O.L. No. 7/37: postcard depicting a woman with her lips forced shut with a huge padlock and captioned 'Cadenas américain pour les mauvaises langues', a French phrase which roughly translates as 'American padlock for bad language'.
MakerBruno Bürger und Ottilie GmbH
Maker RolePublisher
Place MadeGermany, Leipzig
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn back, centre line and right side, in pencil: "WZ" [or W2] and "E"
Correspondence: none
Addressee: none
Stamp/postmark: none
MeasurementsH: 139 x W: 91 mm
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - mouths & voices
Subject and Association KeywordsMisogyny
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2022-26-62
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved