Postcard : She is distributing the U.S. Mail and incidentally enrapturing the male. 1911
Gender roles
Lostock Hall (England)
Postal service
Preston (Lancashire, England)
United States--Washington--Blaine
Women postal service employees
Part of a twenty-three card series, this card is labeled Suffragette Series No. 9. This charcoal gray illustration features a woman as a mail carrier.
On the verso, the card is addressed to Miss A. M. Brown "Lyndale" Lostock Hall Preston Lanc[ashire] England, and postmarked August 11, 1912.
Williamson
New York, N.Y. : C. Wolf
1911
Postcard : The suffragette letter carrier. 1909
Gender roles
Postal service
United States--Washington--Walla Walla
Women postal service employees
This card, Number 4002, is part of a sixteen-card series, featuring attractive women attempting to act as men. In this illustration, the woman is delivering the mail in a skirt and heels, holding a dog on a leash, as she delivers the mail. The message reads: "Would you trust your wife as letter carrier? Honest, would you?"
On the verso, the card is addressed to Charlie Miller Walla Walla Washington c/o Oxford Bar, and postmarked February 5, 1910. The message reads: "What the --- is the matter with you fellow. Why don't you drop a line. Am curious how the old berg is getting on. Ted
Wellman, Walter
1909