A 'gay' dog. Photographic postcard, ca. 1911.

Date:
[ca. 1911]
Reference:
2059417i
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The James Gardiner Collection.
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A 'gay' dog. Photographic postcard, ca. 1911. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Publication/Creation

London (E.C.) : E. A. Schwerdtfeger & Co., [ca. 1911] (Berlin : [E. A. Schwerdtfeger])

Physical description

1 photographic postcard ; 8.7 x 13.6 cm

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Lettering

A gay dog. Although most people say I'm dumb I don't believe in looking glum. Bears number: 3882/4 Inscription on verso: Dear little Dolly... Mary Elphick (?), Royal Deaf School, Margate, Kent. 30th October 1911. Peckham

Notes

This work is untitled: the title has been supplied by the cataloguer.
The following description was provided by James Gardiner: "The word gay used in it's original, non-homosexual meaning; although Webster's dictionary defines the term 'gay dog ' as 'A man given to licentious self-indulgence' ".

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Wellcome Collection 2059417i

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  • Romantic fantasy and comic postcards

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