Name/TitlePostcard: Advice To Those About To Marry. DON'T!
About this object"National" Series postcard No. 1049, captioned 'ADVICE TO THOSE ABOUT TO MARRY. DON'T!' The image depicts a man wearing torn clothes and leaning on a crutch standing in a room with red walls and a green carpet, with a 'Love One Another' sampler on the wall. The man has his head bandaged, with plasters on his face, right arm in a sling, and left foot bandaged. A second caption by his head says, 'I've been married a week and my wife wipes the floor with me.'
MakerNational
Maker RolePublisher
Date Madec.1910
Period1900s-1910s
Place MadeGreat Britain
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn back, in pencil:
Correspondence: [at right angles] [DE?] Thanks for letter received quite safe yesterday. Sorry you have not been well, hope you are better by now. Will write in a day or two. I hope the weather will keep like it is now for the regatta on Monday. With love [??]
Addressee: Miss E. [or G?] Holland, The Busies, Bishopstrow, Warminster, Wilts.
Halfpenny stamp postmarked Evesham, 8 PM, May 14, 1910
MeasurementsH: 137 x W: 87 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
Subject and Association Keywordsmarriage, weddings
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2025-70-4
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved