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No Wonder She's Alone, But Who's to Blame for That? Merry Widow Hat

Subject
Comics & Humor
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1908 (Golden Age)
Front of No Wonder She's Alone, But Who's to Blame for That? Merry Widow Hat, Florence Baird, OH, USA, c. 1908 printed photo postcard
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Back of No Wonder She's Alone, But Who's to Blame for That? Merry Widow Hat, Florence Baird, OH, USA, c. 1908 printed photo postcard
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About this subject

A woman wearing an oversized hat covered with flowers leans against a rustic wooden fence or bench in an outdoor setting. A humorous verse printed below jokes that a man mistook her Merry Widow hat for a rose bush.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Dear Florence I'll sit down and write you a letter this afternoon, I am glad to hear about your father but my duty your mama is better, I will write this afternoon

PublisherI. Grollman
No wonder she's alone, But who's to blame for that. He thought it was a rose bush, That MERRY WIDOW HAT. Copyright 1908 by I. Grollman --- Post Card THIS SPACE FOR CORRESPONDENCE THIS SPACE FOR ADDRESS ONLY PLACE STAMP HERE. UNITED STATES AND CANADA ONE CENT. FOREIGN, TWO CENTS.
Addressed to
Florence Baird

Beach Park, Ohio

Postcard record

ConditionVery good
Place addressedFlorence Baird, Beach Park, OH
NotesBlack-and-white printed photo; caption and copyright printed below image. No postmark or stamp present. Divided-back card; front carries printed copyright 1908 by I. Grollman. Halftone print, message in purple ink.

Cite this card

No Wonder She's Alone, But Who's to Blame for That? Merry Widow Hat, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/no-wonder-shes-alone-but-whos-to-blame-for-that-merry-widow. Accessed October 5, 2026.