Name/TitlePostcard: "Hush, Pa! - It's not a man!"
About this objectPostcard Series No. 1890: Captioned "I don't like this young man coming here so often! "'Hush, Pa! - It's not a man!"" depicting a young woman in bloomers smoking a cigarette in the living room of an affluent-looking home. An elderly gentleman, standing at the door to the room, comments indignantly to his daughter, who shushes him with one finger to her lips.
MakerBamforth & Co Ltd
Maker RolePublisher
Period1910s
Place MadeEngland, Holmfirth
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksCorrespondence: "My dear E just a line to say I got your PC all right, I shall be coming home on Sunday if fine hope I shall see you with love from Horace xxxxxxxx"
Addressee: Mrs E Etheridge, Cross Keys, Shipdham, Norfolk
Halfpenny stamp, postmarked [? Barnstable] February 17, 1912
MeasurementsH: 137 x W: 87 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association DescriptionThe recipient of the postcard, Mrs. E Etheridge, was married to the landlord (John Etheridge) of the Cross Keys public house until it closed in 1921: https://www.norfolkpubs.co.uk/norfolks/shipdham/shipdck.htm
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2014-4-3
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved