First comes Valentine’s Day, on February 14th, all sweetness and light …..
And then comes reality …..
This postcard, from Bamforth & Co, was posted in April 1909.
This at a time when women didn’t go out to work, women didn’t wear pants or jeans, and when a domineering woman who ruled her hen-pecked husband was said “to wear the trousers“.
Perhaps a modern version would have Who is going to have control of the remote control ?
More connections to Valentine’s Day can be seen through the links on Sepia Saturday.
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