Name/TitlePostcard: Just We Two In Our Little Canoe
About this objectWildt & Kray postcard series 1519, depicting a sepia-tone pastoral scene of two young children captioned 'JUST WE TWO IN OUR LITTLE CANOE'. Copyright 1906 [or 1908?] by Berdan Pub. Co, NY.
Note: this forms one of a set of four postcards written by Julia Varley (1871 - 1952).
MakerWildt & Kray
Date Made1906/08
Period1900s
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesWildt & Kray, London, E.C.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn front, below image, in black ink: "Lest we forget"
On back, in black ink:
Correspondence: We have had a splendid meeting tonight, 141 members. I am delighted with my visit to Darlington, good reports in the papers too. Julia
Addressee: Mrs Pather Barrett, 32 Hampden St, Bradford
Halfpenny stamp postmarked Darlington, 1 PM, Sept 25, 1908
MeasurementsH: 89 x W: 137 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsSuffragettes
Subject and Association Keywordstrade unions
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Varley:
Julia Varley, OBE (16 March 1871, Bradford, Yorkshire – 24 November 1952, Yorkshire) was an English trade unionist and suffragette ... Varley was the first woman to join the Bradford Trades Council in 1900, and went on to serve on the Council for seven years. Aged 24 she chose to live for six weeks as a tramp, walking or ‘tramping’ from Leeds to Liverpool to see what it was like to live on Poor Law handouts. She served on the Board of the Poor Law Guardians of Bradford between 1904 and 1907. Varley joined the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), with whom in February 1907 she was involved in a raid on the floor of the House of Commons. She refused to pay a fine for disturbance and obstruction and was sentenced to 14 days in Holloway Prison. Varley served a second sentence for a similar action and was released on April 20, 1907. For these actions she was awarded the Holloway brooch by the WSPU. In 1909 Varley moved to Birmingham and established a branch of the National Federation of Women Workers at the Cadbury factory at Bournville. She was also involved in the Cradley Heath women chainmakers' strike of 1910, led by Mary Macarthur, and the Black Country strike of 1913, and later sat on the General Council of the Trade Union Congress [continues].
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2024-77-54
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved