The Suffragette Copess

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Title

The Suffragette Copess

Description

THE SUFFRAGETTE
COPESS.

HOW'D
YER LIKE
TER BE
PINCHED?

[Image: Postcard printed vertically with SUFFRAGETTE COPESS printed at the top in red. The main character is a woman standing on the sidewalk. She is in a police uniform with frills and a green ruff at the neck. It's a very fashionable uniform that include pants for her. On her big, styled hair-do that is close to a Gibson Girl look, she has a very large hat with two sparkling, oversized hatpins. She is wielding a rolling pin instead of a for a weapon. The uniform is finished with a stylish pair of high heeled shoes with green bows. In the background is a man in a suit and bowler hat standing in a cobblestone road. He is winking at the woman. The background is a skyline of urban buildings. The caption at the bottom reads "HOW'D YER LIKE TER BE PINCHED?" at the bottom in small print is Copyright 1909, By Walter Wellman. N24004.] Color on cream cardstock, Copyright 1909. 9x14 cm.

Source

Palczewski Suffrage Postcard Archive, https://scholarworks.uni.edu/suffrage_images/

Publisher

New York: Walter Wellman

Date

1909

Files

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Citation

“The Suffragette Copess,” The Suffrage Postcard Project, accessed April 18, 2024, https://thesuffragepostcardproject.omeka.net/items/show/140.