Anti-Suffrage, color postcard, in two registers, depicting (top) a man wearing a tartan kilt and sleeveless top, swinging a hammer in a Scottish hammer-throwing competition, captioned, 'The Hammer Thrower As 'She' Was, ' and (bottom) a suffragist, wearing a green Edwardian skirt, white blouse, and large hat, gleefully hurling a hammer through a glass shop window, captioned 'As She Is, ' published for the British market, 1900. ()

Anti-Suffrage, color postcard, in two registers, depicting (top) a man wearing a tartan kilt and sleeveless top, swinging a hammer in a Scottish hammer-throwing competition, captioned, 'The Hammer Thrower As 'She' Was, ' and (bottom) a suffragist, wearing a green Edwardian skirt, white blouse, and large hat, gleefully hurling a hammer through a glass shop window, captioned 'As She Is, ' published for the British market, 1900. () Stock Photo

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Gado Images / Alamy Stock Photo

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RA5HWF

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3443 x 5500 px | 29.2 x 46.6 cm | 11.5 x 18.3 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

1900

Location:

United States

Photographer:

Ken Florey Suffrage Collection/Gado

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Anti-Suffrage, color postcard, in two registers, depicting (top) a man wearing a tartan kilt and sleeveless top, swinging a hammer in a Scottish hammer-throwing competition, captioned, 'The Hammer Thrower As 'She' Was, ' and (bottom) a suffragist, wearing a green Edwardian skirt, white blouse, and large hat, gleefully hurling a hammer through a glass shop window, captioned 'As She Is, ' published for the British market, 1900. ()

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