Name/Title
"Temptation." PostcardEntry/Object ID
1997.000.663Description
The front of the postcard is a color illustration of a man and a woman skating in a rink; both figures have pale skin. The woman has brown hair and a cheeky look on her face and she is wear a tan hat with red and blue accessories, a white blouse, a bronze necklace, a pink scarf is wrapping around her elbow, yellow skirt, and black roller skates. The man has brown hair and has a smile on his face and he is wearing a dark blue suit jacket and pants, a white collared shirt, an orange tie, and black roller skates. At the bottom of the postcard is a logo, in the right-hand corner, composed of an easel, a palette, and the letter "T" and in the center is "Temptation", both are in black print.
Everything printed on the back of the postcard is in brown: left-hand side, vertically: "Raphael Tuck & Sons' Series No 2745, "The Rollers." / Art Publishers To Their Majesties The King and Queen. / Photochromed in Saxony"; lower left-hand corner: same logo as on the front; upper left-hand corner: lion, unicorn and shield logo with "By Appointment" underneath it; "Tuck's Post Card" is in large print at the top with "Carte Postale. / Postkarte." underneath it; right-hand side: "(For Address Only)". Green and white one cent postage stamp in the upper right-hand corner. Black circular stamp with information pertaining to when and where this postcard was sent: "Cambridge. A Mass / Nov 9 / 10 - M / 1908". Handwritten note: "Dear Leslie(?) Covered back in...all right. I had a good time p there and I will...to have ...Will...you a letter...you lovey! A. H. M.". Handwriting in "Address" section: "Miss...H Morgan / ... / NH.".Collection
PostcardAcquisition
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