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POST-1909-45 This is the House Series - The house our statesmen.jpg
Part of a series of six anti-suffrage postcards based on the children's rhyme, "This is the house that Jack built." All but one of the cards refers to the British Houses of Parliament.

On the verso, the card is addressed to Mr. Whiting Hornsea…

POST-1909-44 This is the House Series - The policeman.jpg
Part of a series of six anti-suffrage postcards, labeled Series No. E. 19, based on the children's rhyme, "This is the house that Jack built." All but one of the cards refers to the British Houses of Parliament.

On the verso, the card is…

POST-1909-43 This is the House Series - Home of the poor suffragette.jpg
Part of a series of six anti-suffrage postcards, labeled Series No. E. 19, based on the children's rhyme, "This is the house that Jack built." All of the cards, with the exception of this one, refer to the British Houses of Parliament. This card…

POST-1909-42 This is the House Series - Few of the women.jpg
Part of a series of six anti-suffrage postcards, labeled Series No. E. 19, based on the children's rhyme, "This is the house that Jack built." All but one of the cards refers to the British Houses of Parliament.

POST-1909-41 This is the House Series - Poor little suffragette.jpg
Part of a series of six anti-suffrage postcards, labeled Series No. E. 19, based on the children's rhyme, "This is the house that Jack built." All but one of the cards refers to the British Houses of Parliament.

POST-1907-09 What are men.jpg
Postcard depicts a large woman addressing a crowd of women seated in a hall. On the wall are signs, including "We will never give in" and "Votes for women." In the foreground, another woman is seated, holding a piece of paper.

On the verso, the…

POST-1913-27 Cake in the Oven.jpg
Anti-suffrage postcard depicts a masculine looking woman running out of a polling booth, knocking poll officials to the floor. The inscription on the front is: "Votes for Women While in the act of voting, Mrs Jones remembers that she has left a cake…

POST-1908-07 Votes for Women Cat.jpg
Black and white photograph postcard of a cat wearing a straw hat holding up a sign with the slogan "Votes for Women."

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POST-1910-50 To my Valentine Holloway.jpg
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.

POST-1905-10 Downhearted Suffragettes.jpg
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…
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