Name/TitlePostcard: Leap Year
About this object"Leap Year" Series No. 950: Captioned "LEAP YEAR ~ THIS IS SO [underlined] SUDDEN !" and depicting a woman in a very elaborate hat down on one knee before her gentleman friend, one hand grasping his hand and the other covering her heart. The gentleman is modestly blushing and wears an expression of coy delight. Signature illegible.
MakerAlfred Stiebel & Co
Maker RolePublisher
Period1910s
Place MadeEngland, London
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksCorrespondence: "Dear Annie / How do you like this P.C. I received yours on Sunday. We had a laugh over it, the weather is just lovely but I shall be glad to get back to St. Annes, love from Lucy. Remember me to Margaret."
Addressee: Miss A. Wetheral, "Wimborne", South Drive, St. Annes-on-Sea
Halfpenny stamp, postmarked Southport, 29 May 1916
MeasurementsH: 139 x W: 90 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2010-74
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved