Postcard : An appeal to John Bull. [Circa 1908-1909]
Arrest
England--London
John Bull (Symbolic character)--1900-1910
Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892
Postcard is part of the Valentine's Series. The card depicts a suffragist, shackled and in a prison cell, reaching out to John Bull, a personification of England. The poem along the bottom is an excerpt from "The Princess," by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
On the verso, the card is addressed to Mrs. Lavor 4 Cambridge Rd Walton on Thames Surrey, and postmarked April 27, 1909. The handwritten message reads: "Dear Alice / Sorry could not come yesterday owing to the weather & I cannot come tomorrow as I have a friend coming to stay for a few days love from L. Elliot"
[Circa 1908-1909]
Postcard : The Suffragettes are we downhearted? No! [Circa 1905-1907]
Arrest
Demonstrations
England--London
Police
Postcard with a cartoon illustration of a police officer struggling to carry a woman who is holding out a "Votes for Women" sign from Police Court.
On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss E. Harding "milwyn Villa" Blaengarw N. Bridgend, and postmarked January 21, 1907. The handwritten message reads: "Dear Eloise / Received p.c. It won't be long until Friday. Remember me to G. if he is still with you, and ask him when is he coming to Newport, also remember me to E. when you see him. Wish I was home for us to go up there. Write soon, Love to all from Mals."
McGill, Donald
[Circa 1905-1907]
Postcard : The Suffragette- Proudly goes to - glory. [Circa 1909-1910]
Arrest
Demonstrations
England--London
Police
Postcard is part of a six-card series entitled "The Suffragette. This card shows an ugly buck-toothed suffragists sticking her head through the bars of the carriage taking her to jail. She is holding a "Votes for women" flag upside-down.
On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss Ellie O'Brien Bawnfare Church Skibb, and postmarked 1912. The handwritten message reads: "Dear Ellie, / How are ye all since, I hope well. I want you to send me in the scarf I forgot, I am nearly dead for the past week with [illegible], my face is all swollen. What you brought in Sat. were cotton wet, even worse than our own. Your Sister Annie Don't forget to send me A Baryo address how is K. Shenahan at house"
London : Raphael Tuck & Sons Co. Ltd.
[Circa 1909-1910]
Postcard : To my Valentine. [Circa 1910-1915]
Arrest
Demonstrations
England--London
Holloway (London, England)
Postcard shows a police officer holding an angry suffragist who is carrying a "Votes for women" flag.
The poem refers to Holloway Prison in London, where many suffragists were imprisoned.
[Circa 1910-1915]
Postcard : The Suffragette-"Down with man-made laws!" [Circa 1909-1910]
Children
Children and politics
Demonstrations
England--London
Postcard is part of a six-card series entitled "The Suffragette. This card features a a young girl making an address from on top of a barrel next to a "Votes for Women" placard as a police officer walks behind her.
London : Raphael Tuck & Sons Co. Ltd.
[Circa 1909-1910]
Postcards : Woman Suffrage Series. Fellow women, our day dawns at last. [1907]
Children
Children and politics
Daily mail (London, England)
England
Suffragists--England--1900-1910
Commercial photo postcard published as part of a series entitled the "Dainty Series." The photo postcards feature studio portraits of the same young girl representing a militant suffragette in various scenarios.
This card features the child wearing glasses, standing up at a table on which there is a copy of the "Daily Mail," and holding up seven fingers.
Scarborough : E.T.W. Dennis & Sons, Limited
[1907]
Postcards : Woman Suffrage Series. What! You think a man could do it as well. [1907]
Children
Children and politics
Daily mail (London, England)
England
Suffragists--England--1900-1910
Commercial photo postcard published as part of a series entitled the "Dainty Series." The photo postcards feature studio portraits of the same young girl representing a militant suffragette in various scenarios.
This card features the child, wearing glasses and smiling as she leans on a table on which there is a copy of the "Daily Mail."
Scarborough : E.T.W. Dennis & Sons, Limited
[1907]
Postcards : Woman Suffrage Series. Who said "Rats." [1907]
Children
Children and politics
Daily mail (London, England)
England
Suffragists--England--1900-1910
Commercial photo postcard published as part of a series entitled the "Dainty Series." The photo postcards feature studio portraits of the same young girl representing a militant suffragette in various scenarios.
This card features the child, wearing glasses seated at a table on which there is a copy of the "Daily Mail."
Scarborough : E.T.W. Dennis & Sons, Limited
[1907]
Postcard : Ambition. 1909
Children
Children and politics
England
United States--Iowa--Des Moines
Sepia-toned postcard with an illustration of a little girl standing on a chair, addressing her dolls, seated on the floor. Above the dolls is the sign, "Suffragettes' Meeting," and above that is a sign with the seal for England.
On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss Verna Shupe Lacona, Iowa, and postmarked July 2, 1910. The handwritten message reads : "Dear Coz:- Received card. Mrs. Lark said she would have to go downtown & see about those rooms before she would know if you could get them. They paid $8 per room. Mother is coming up Sat. You & your Mother come over, Sat. Love, J.C.U." Written along the top: "We are all packed up but have not started to glory (?) yet."
Langley, N.Y. : Roth & Langley
1909
Postcard Series : This is the house that man built. [Circa 1909]
Great Britain.--Parliament--1900-1910
Government facilities--British--England--London
Nursery rhymes
Part of a series of six pro-suffrage postcards, labeled Series No. E. 23, based on the children's rhyme, "This is the house that Jack built." All of the cards refer to the British Houses of Parliament.
London : B.B. London
[Circa 1910]