Accession No

6815

Brief Description

postcard, Isn't That Awful depicting two chimps sitting on books, including Charles Darwin's Descent of Man, and reading Max Nordau's Degeneration, by Max Bachmann, U.S.A., postmarked 1912

Origin

U.S.A.; New York

Maker

Bachmann, Max [artist] W. H. Gallagher

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1912

Latest Date

1912

Inscription Date

Material

paper (card, paper)

Dimensions

139mm (width), 89mm (depth)

Special Collection

Provenance

Donated by a private individual in April 2024.

Inscription

Max Bachmann

"ISN'T THAT AWFUL!"

COPYRIGHT 1906 BY W H GALLAGHER NEW YORK

Description Notes

Postcard, Isn't That Awful depicting two chimps sitting on books, including Charles Darwin's Descent of Man, and reading Max Nordau's Degeneration, by Max Bachmann, U.S.A., postmarked 1912.

Rectangular postcard with a rectangular framed print of two chimps sitting on books, including Charles Darwin's Descent of Man, Shakespeare, and Kipling, reading Max Nordau's Degeneration. On the reverse is a hand-written message, green 1 cent stamp, and a postmark from Cambridge, Massachusetts on December 4th 1912 at 10am. The postcard is address to Master Enrico Ughetta, 652 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. It reads:
"12/4/12
How are you all?
Three more weeks
and I'll be there again.
Have they seen Peom's [unreadable]
baby yet. How do
you like the fact
of this? Love to all, Lovingly, Peo."

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