A Fella Can't Win
notes: label: Description
content: This is a four-part color comic postcard that has been addressed and mailed.
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content: The first drawing at the top left depicts a smiling man standing on a dock and reeling in a sizeable fish. The top left corner contains the text: "A.."
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content: The second drawing at the top right depicts a man wearing a red shirt and white pants running towards the fisherman. The photographer is holding a folding camera in his right hand and is holding his left hand and forefinger in the air. The fisherman is holding his sizeable fish. Text in the top left corner reads: "Fella..."
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content: The third drawing at the bottom left depicts the fisherman holding up his fish with his left hand and pointing down at it with his right hand, his mouth open in confusion as the man with the folding camera runs past him. The man with the camera has a "Press" sign stuck in his hate. Text at the top left reads: "Can't.."
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content: The fourth and final drawing depcicts the press camera man taking a photo of a voluptuous readheaded woman wearing a red bathing suit and red heels, who is holding a tiny fish. A fishing rod is on the ground at her feet. Text at the top left reads: Win!"
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content: The postmark on the back of the postcard indicates that it was posted from Wildwood, N.J. on July 25, 1955 at 7:00 a.m. A cancellation mark covers a red 2 cent Jefferson postage stamp.
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content: The handwritten message reads: "Hello Folks, The weather & water has been fine so far, and are enjoying ourselves very much. Love, Peggy Tony & children"
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content: The postcard is addressed to Mr. & Mrs. A Donatiello & Family, 10 Martin Pl., Verona, N.D.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Fish
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content: Fishing
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content: Mail
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content: Comic prints
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Photography
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Wayne Hill Photographica Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2016.0066.107
label: accession number
content: 2016.0066
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0066.0107
objectType: label: Object Name
content: picture postcard
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 13.97 cm