A staged domestic comedy: a woman in a polka-dot blouse and dark skirt kneels over a man sprawled flat on a patterned rug, apparently passed out, with his hat on the floor beside him. A chair and sofa stand against the wall behind them. The printed caption supplies the punch line: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY COMING HOME? NOT IN A POSITION TO SAY ANYTHING." The scene plays on a familiar comic-postcard theme of a husband who returns home in no condition to explain himself.
Postcard Details
Message · Italian, in pen
Abbiate un
cordiao
saluti
del tuo a
mizo
Salvatore
Quando ti
marito ti
sara D.ira
come questo
nella cartol
la
iatto bricca
Translation
May you have a
heart of:
health
From your fri
end
Salvatore
When your
husband is
angry with you
like this
in the postcard
iatto
briescia
White border; halftone dot texture; corner and edge wear, creases and light surface staining. Postmark: OLEAN CITY N.Y.-PA. AUG 31 7-30A 1907. Divided back, tan card stock, 1c green Franklin stamp; light edge wear.
Cite this card
Woman kneeling over man, comic postcard, Olean, NY, 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/woman-kneeling-over-man-comic-postcard-olean-ny-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.
