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Who Would Think That He'd Be Killed by a Little Shock Like That? Merry Widow Hat

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About this subject

A woman in a black dress and an enormous wide-brimmed Merry Widow hat stands behind a long bench or trunk, with a railroad station and tracks in the background. Printed comic verse below comments on the cost of the hat.

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Addressed to
Florence Baird

Beach Park, Ohio

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ConditionGood
Place addressedFlorence Baird, Beach Park, OH
NotesWhite border at bottom with printed caption; copyright 1908; light crease lower right. No postmark and no stamp. Divided-back card; front carries a printed copyright 1908 by I. Grollman. Dealer pencil marks 'RMLS' and '#5-' at top left. Name 'Mable Blann' written sideways in the correspondence space (no message, no return address).

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Who Would Think That He'd Be Killed by a Little Shock Like That? Merry Widow Hat, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/who-would-think-that-hed-be-killed-by-a-little-shock-like-th-1908. Accessed October 5, 2026.