Pre-1920 Color Lithograph Postcard – 'Wanted Young Ladies to Trim Rough Sailors'

Cared is near fine with even expected light age-toning. Message written on the back, though unposted.

This pre-1920 color lithograph postcard features a young girl standing in a doorway, beneath a humorous sign reading: “Sign in a Millinery Shop – Wanted young ladies to trim Rough Sailors.” The image combines tongue-in-cheek humor and visual charm, reflecting early 20th-century advertising and social whimsy. 

The card’s illustration highlights the era’s playful approach to humor, often merging domestic, occupational, or retail themes with light satire. Produced prior to 1920, it is typical of golden-age postcards, with attention to color, composition, and printed detail. The postcard represents both humor ephemera and collectible illustration, offering insight into social norms, advertising, and visual humor of the early 1900s.

Subjects: Millinery, Retail signs, Domestic/comic illustration, Young women, Collectible postcard, Humor postcards, Color lithographs, Early 20th-century ephemera, Advertising humor

Item #20901

Price: $12.00