Still Image

Cartoon with May Irwin Quotes

1906 / Creator Unknown

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A postcard featuring a stylized drawing by cartoonist Giovanni Viafora of a woman with yellow hair holding a stack of $100 bills and licking her thumb. There are two May Irwin quotes on the front, which read "Don't marry an automobile wife on a wheelbarrow salary," and "Where there's so much smoke, there must be some[illegible] smoking." A hand written note on the front reads "Love from Boston and Larry." The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Henry Clay Barnabee, 225 Riverside Drive, New York City and is postmarked February 22, 1906 from Boston, Massachusetts.

~ “Cartoon with May Irwin Quotes,” Portsmouth Public Library's Online Archives, accessed November 23, 2024, https://portsmouthexhibits.org/items/show/3864.

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Title

Cartoon with May Irwin Quotes

Description

A postcard featuring a stylized drawing by cartoonist Giovanni Viafora of a woman with yellow hair holding a stack of $100 bills and licking her thumb. There are two May Irwin quotes on the front, which read "Don't marry an automobile wife on a wheelbarrow salary," and "Where there's so much smoke, there must be some[illegible] smoking." A hand written note on the front reads "Love from Boston and Larry." The postcard is addressed to Mrs. Henry Clay Barnabee, 225 Riverside Drive, New York City and is postmarked February 22, 1906 from Boston, Massachusetts.

Source

Henry Clay Barnabee Collection

Publisher

Portsmouth Public Library, Special Collections

Date

1906

Format

JPG derived from TIF

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

PPL-MS: 1995.1.IX.153