Palczewski Suffrage Postcard Archive
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Rod Library Access Number
382a
Medium
Postcard
Date of Publication
19uu
Publisher
Houston Greeting Card Company
City of Publication
Houston
State of Publication
Texas
Country of Publication
United States
Postmark City
Houston, Texas
Destination City
Waterloo, Iowa
Mailed/Unmailed
Mailed
Description
Alt text: A color postcard featuring a caricature of a large woman in a red and black striped swimsuit riding a small, distressed donkey on a beach. The text at the top reads: "Well, I ain't the only jackass to support a woman." To the right is a "Busy persons correspondence card" with a table of various options to check in lieu of writing a message. It starts, "Dear," with the options being: Pal, Friend, Folks, Sweetheart, Old Girl, Mom, Pop, Hubby, Wifie. It then adds, "This place is," and the options are: Delightful, Quaint, Interesting, Ideal, Beautiful, Disappointing. It then adds, "The weather is," and the options are: Hot, Warm, Cool, Pleasant, Stormy, Wet. It then adds, "My time is spent," and the options are: Motoring, Eating, Golfing, Playing bridge, Chewing the fat, In pleasant company, Fishing, Bathing, Chasing flappers, Slapping mosquitos, Thinking of you, Making whoopee, Dancing, Walking, Sleeping, At the movies, Enjoying the moonshine, Loafing around, Speed boating, Touring. It then adds, "The folks are," and the options are: Snobbish, Hospitable, Tiresome, Boring, Full of pep, Interesting. It then adds, "I wish," and the options are: You were her, I was home, I could get a drink, I could stay here forever. It then adds, "I could use some," and the options are: Sympathy, New clothes, Money, Loving, Sleep. It then ends with, "Yours," and the options are: Till Niagara Falls, With love, Forever, Truly, Sincerely. Below the table of options it reads, "Check items desired." A band below the postcard has the text "Palczewski Suffrage Postcard Archive."
Disciplines
Digital Humanities | Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication | History | History of Gender | Speech and Rhetorical Studies | Women's History
Theme
Women;
Date Digital
6-26-2017
Ordering Information
Ordering Information: Contact Catherine Palczewski at catherine.palczewski@uni.edu for permission requests and to order high resolution digital copies. Fees will be attached if the image is intended for commercial use.
Copyright
None indicated
Rights Advisory
Original print postcard is in the public domain; U.S. and International copyright laws protect this digital object. Commercial use of this digital object not permitted without prior permission of copyright holder.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Type
Image
File Format
image/jpeg
