A Grouping of 88 Hand Illustrated Postcards sent from Aspinwall, Pennsylvania and Long Island City, New York to St. Joseph, Missouri

Item Details

St. Joseph, Missouri, n.p., 1906, Card

First Edition, Very Good

Eighty-eight hand drawn postcards, rendered in pen, ink, colored pencil and watercolor.  With postmarks from 1906-1913,  all cards are  addressed to M. J. [Maurice Jenne] Heerlein, Esq. 1507 S Tenth Street St. Joseph Missouri. Each features an original, rather fleshed out illustration, signed "Bill". With a detailed hand and playful, sharp wit, the author and artist depicts family, townspeople and characters in the senders life as well as stereotypes of the time, primarily Native Americans, cowboys and "western' life as well as references to the post office, Sugar Lake and 'Sterling Splits". (Recipient Heerlein was the owner of Sterling Pickling Works, manufacturers of pickles, vinegars and sauerkraut.) The artist's social and cultural commentary are represented through caricatures, text and punny slogans.    (30604)