Hold it! This ought to be good!
notes: label: Description
content: This is a color comic postcard that has been addressed and mailed. the drawing depicts three people, most likely a family, outdoors in a field. The woman, or mother, is posing with a young boy, possibly her son. The woman is wearing a red dress and a hat with a red flower, and has her right hand on the boy's right shouler, while holding a bunch of flowers in her left hand. The boy, presumably the son, is wearing a yellow shirt, green shorts, and a matching green bow tie and hat. The man, presumably the father, is standing in front of them holding a folding camera. The man is wearing a blue suit and yellow hat. Behind the man is a snorting, charging bull. A tree can be seen in the distance.
label: Description
content: A word bubble over the man's head reads "Hold it! This ought to be good!!"
label: Description
content: The back of the postcard contains a postmark indicating that it was posted from Saint Louis, MO on Februrary 10, 1944 at 5:30 pm.
label: Description
content: A cancellation mark is covering a green one cent United States of America Industry -Agriculture for Defense stamp.
label: Description
content: The written message reads: "Dear Reid, How are you? I'm fine in case you didn't want to know. Surprised???? Love, Eleanor"
label: Description
content: The postcard is addressed to "S/Sgt. Reid G. (?) Cechman, 770th Bomb Squad (indecipherable), Walker Army Air Field, Victoria, Kansas"
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Portraits
label: Subject
content: Bovine
label: Subject
content: Family
label: Subject
content: Mail
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content: Work and Industry: Photographic History
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content: Military
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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: 2016.0066.106
label: accession number
content: 2016.0066
label: catalog number
content: 2016.0066.0106
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