He left the town quite suddenly ... [Title continues in note]

Description

Title: He left the town quite suddenly ... [Title continues in note]
Alternative Title: Postcard illustrates a man breaking a commitment
Legally themed postcard illustrates a man breaking a commitment
Published / Created: [between 1900? and 1920?]
Publication Place: Philadelphia?
Publisher: TRG
Abstract: Illustration depicts a woman with a harpoon chasing a man, possibly her husband, as they both run past a sign that reads "Philadelphia 1 mile."
Description: Title continued: ... Alas! How we miss Thomas; the reason was quite plain to all. A case of breach of promise.
Illustration signed: WH.
Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1758148
Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2021 LM Z Postcards v.1 no.31 tall.
Online resource; description based on print version record.
Lillian Goldman Law Library's rare copy unstamped, unaddressed, and lacks a stamp or postmark.
Extent: 1 online resource (1 postcard) :
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons.
Caricatures and cartoons
Material: color illustration
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): United States
Subject (Topic): Marriage law
Breach of promise
Betrothal
American wit and humor, Pictorial
Postcards
Subjects: Marriage law > United States > Caricatures and cartoons.
Breach of promise > United States > Caricatures and cartoons.
Betrothal > United States > Caricatures and cartoons
American wit and humor, Pictorial
Postcards > United States > Caricatures and cartoons.

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