Postcard : I'm afraid I'm getting into deep water. 1908

POST-1908-04 Getting into Deep Water.jpg

Title

Postcard : I'm afraid I'm getting into deep water. 1908

Description

Part of a series of postcards, labeled No. 2020. This card features a cartoon illustration of a scantily dressed woman standing in the ocean with her eyes closed and her finger up to her mouth. Beside her, a man is seated in the water holding his arm up to her.

On the verso, the card is addressed to Mr. [A.L. Ferguson] Stauch's Pavilion Cony [sic] Island, and postmarked August 1908. The message reads: "Why not go in where its deep. Al"

Date

1908

Subject

Clothing and dress
Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)
Ocean

Creator

Wellman, Walter

Physical Dimensions

9 x 14 cm.

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