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Woman in a Merry Widow hat, 1908

Subject
Comics & Humor
Card type
Printed photo
Date
c. 1908 (Golden Age)
Front of Woman in a Merry Widow hat, 1908, Miss Florence Pawel, OH, USA, c. 1908 printed photo postcard
Front
Back of Woman in a Merry Widow hat, 1908, Miss Florence Pawel, OH, USA, c. 1908 printed photo postcard
Back

About this postcard

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 it's not true about your father, but my dear your mamma is better, not ill 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
Addressed to
Miss Florence Pawel

Beach Park Post Office OH

Postcard record

PublisherI. Grollman
ConditionVery good
Place addressedMiss Florence Pawel, Beach Park Post Office, 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

Woman in a Merry Widow hat, 1908, postcard, c. 1908. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/woman-in-a-merry-widow-hat-1908. Accessed November 2, 2026.