Name/TitlePostcard: "Open Heir" Exercise
About this objectH.B. Series No. 772: Captioned "Married life is good for the health - look at the "open heir" exercise you get!" and depicting an exhausted man in pyjamas pacing up and down with a screaming baby in his arms while in the background a woman sleeps in bed. Initialled A.E.
MakerHutson Brothers Ltd
Maker RolePublisher
MakerEnglish, Arthur
Maker RoleArtist
Period1910s
Place MadeEngland, London
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, card
Inscription and MarksOn back, bottom right, in pencil: "CC £1-"
Correspondence: "Hope you are both enjoying yourself in the good old summer time, M. Nicol"
Addressee: Mr Alex Young c/o Barnet, 181 Gt Northern Rd, Aberdeen
[? One pence] stamp, postmarked Dunoon, 7 PM, 16 July 1918
MeasurementsH: 140 x W: 90 mm
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - gender stereotypes
Subject and Association KeywordsPostcards - children
Subject and Association KeywordsWomen's suffrage
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypePostcard
Object numberGWL-2015-1-2
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved