Postcard : Buying votes. 1912

POST-1912-02 Cobb X Shinn Series Buying Votes.jpg

Title

Postcard : Buying votes. 1912

Description

This card, is part of a twelve-card series, featuring children, illustrated by Indiana artist Cobb Shinn. The illustration features a girl kissing a boy who is wearing a sailor suit. She is holding a "Votes for Wimmen" flag, and they are standing next to a sign that reads: "Dis way to vote."

On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss Clarissa Stacy 350 Tremont St. Taunton Massachusetts, and postmarked August 19, 1914. The message reads: "Hello! Clarris, I was glad to hear from you. I begun to think you had forgotten all about me. / I'm having a fine time and I hope you are too. / Gladys"

Date

1912

Subject

Children
Children and politics
Kissing
Polling places
Sailors
United States--Massachusetts--Taunton
United States--Massachusetts--Worcester

Creator

Shinn, Cobb K.

Publisher

New York : T.P. Co.

Physical Dimensions

9 x 14 cm.

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