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The secret of a wife's success - Happy Thought chewing tobacco

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Description
  • Title supplied by cataloger
  • Printed caption on recto: "The secret of a wife's success is this __ she always ought to greet her husband with a smile and buy him "HAPPY THOUGHT."
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Language
Date created
  • 1900s
Last modified
  • November 29, 2023
Identifier
  • SPEC-RARE-CMS-287-b1-American-4-4
Summary
  • Colored cartoon of a woman presenting a man with a box of chewing tobacco. The box is plain with a blue front that has a large yellow circle in the center. Above the circle in white letters are the words: "RIBBON CUT." In the center of the circle in black letters are the words: "HAPPY THOUGH CHEWING TOBACCO." Below the circle in white letters are the words: "THE CLEAN CHEW," with the word "clean," underlined. The woman has blonde hair styled up and she is wearing a red dress and a pearl necklace. The man has white hair and is wearing a suit and top hat. His cravat is yellow with red dots. His red gloves match the color of the woman's dress. His expression is one of happy surprise and the woman is smiling gently at him. The verso of the postcard is clean and contains no correspondence.
Source Collection
Collection identifier
  • SPEC.RARE.CMS.0287
Repository
  • Ohio State University. Libraries. Rare Books and Manuscripts Library
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Rights note
  • The Ohio State University Libraries believes this object is in the Public Domain in the United States; users are responsible for making a final determination of copyright status.
Medium
  • photomechanical prints
  • postcards
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Extent
  • 13.9 x 8.7 cm
Credit line: Women's Suffrage Collection, The Ohio State University, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library

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