Cartoon with May Irwin Quotes
1906 / Creator Unknown
Collection: Henry Clay Barnabee Collection
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.
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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
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Format
JPG derived from TIF
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
PPL-MS: 1995.1.IX.153