A comic rural scene titled "Driving a Hard Bargain": a woman in a red shawl, white apron, and bonnet stands in a stone cottage doorway holding a stick, while two men in dark coats and bowler-style hats face her from a fenced yard. A pig stands at the men's feet. The standoff plays on the canny countrywoman driving a hard bargain, a stock figure in Irish rural humor. The sender's note places the card in Ireland, matching the scene's setting.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
Dear Charlotte
Hope you are well
Sending one of
my cards from
Ireland thought
you might like to
have one
J Norman
Thin white margin at edges; light corner and edge wear; printed caption in lower left corner.
Postmark: AMESBURY AUG 27 7 AM MASS. Divided-back Tuck's Oilette 'Irish Life' Series IV card with 1¢ Franklin stamp (1906). Light edge wear.
Cite this card
Driving a Hard Bargain, Ireland, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/driving-a-hard-bargain-ireland-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.
