A comic scene shows a man in a dark suit and bowler hat walking arm in arm with a woman in a long dress and wide hat. Another woman in a white dress and hat walks ahead of them, and a third woman at the right throws both hands up toward her head. The printed caption reads "The Model Husband—when the Wife is not looking!" The joke turns on the husband's behavior changing when his wife is not watching. Humorous postcards like this were a common early 20th-century way to send a quick joke along with a few lines of news.
Postcard Details
Message · English, in pen
card and letter
received this eve.
I mailed it O.K.
am so glad you
are going to
marlinton. will see
you after, ha!
what were the
questions?
will write soon,
Best love, "Amey"
Blue-tinted halftone print with visible dot screen; narrow white margin along left edge; card number 301 printed at lower left.
Postmark: FARMVILLE VA. JAN 29 9 PM 1907 (partial strike), with a DURBIN W.VA. JAN 31 1 PM 1907 REC'D. receiving mark (the fragment reading "PURB" is part of DURBIN). Divided back, white border, coarse halftone texture. 1c green stamp. Message written sideways along the left edge in ink.
Cite this card
The Model Husband comic, Farmville, VA, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/the-model-husband-comic-farmville-va-1907. Accessed October 23, 2026.
