Name/Title
"Hobbler" PostcardEntry/Object ID
1998.000.006Description
Postcard with a color illustration on the front; the front depicts a woman and a man on roller skates with their heads obscured by a large velvet patch with a green ribbon (looks like a hat); the woman is wearing a yellow dress, white gloves, has something hanging off of her wrist (opera glasses?) and is wearing white and black skate boots with the skate plate strapped on via a heel strap; the man is wearing a blue suit jacket and pants with a white shirt, red tie, flower pin, and he is wearing black skating boot with the skate plate strapped on via a heel strap (also has toe clamps); the man also has a cuff link popping off; in between the two figures is a pair of what appears to be opera glasses, or something similar to them, falling onto the ground; underneath this all is "If You Would Be Graceful Don't Rink in a Hobbler"." in black print with "Millinery Masterpieces" in much smaller black print beneath it.
On the back, everything is in faded black print with "Valentine's Series" printed vertically on one side, "Mail Novelty." printed in large print, and a postage stamp area.Collection
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