Name/TitlePostcard: "Poor Pa's Troubles"
About this objectDavidson Bros.' pictorial postcard, series 2581, captioned "POOR PA'S TROUBLES". The image depicts a well-dressed woman saying "I won't be long, dear" as she walks out of a living room, leaving a harassed-looking man in an armchair holding two babies in his lap, with an older child banging a drum balanced on the man's head. A small child sits on the floor at his feet, pulling a cat's tail, as another baby is crawls away behind his chair. The bottom left corner bears the artist's signature, Tom B.
MakerDavidson Bros.
Maker RolePublisher
MakerTom Browne
Maker RoleArtist
Date Madec.1906
Period1900s
Place MadeEngland
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn back, in black ink:
Correspondence: Best love to you, Mother, Isaiah, etc etc, hoping you are all in good health and will continue so, I am your loving Brother [Wolfe?]
Addressee: Miss A. Cohen, 13 Florence Street, Birmingham
Halfpenny stamp postmarked Portsmouth, 3:15 PM, May 22, 1906
MeasurementsH: 87 x W: 137 mm
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's suffrage, right to vote
Subject and Association KeywordsSuffragettes
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association Keywordsfemale relationships - family
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2025-70-1
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved