50th Birthday Card | Drawing | Wisconsin Historical Society

Drawing

50th Birthday Card

50th Birthday Card | Drawing | Wisconsin Historical Society
Black ink on yellow card stock birthday card. Illustration of a woman in heels and a long dress, short hair and glasses running down a steep  and bumpy hill with her hands out. Behind and above her a typewriter with legs is chasing after her with a sheet of paper in the roller wit the number "57" on it. In front of her, large, anthropomorphized numbers "5" and "0" run down hill. Sheets of paper with years on them (1907, 1908, etc.) are floating in the air. Text reads: "1st one is easy, 2nd one is tuff." Bottom text reads: "You don't need to push any more — By Father Time —" At the bottom text reads: "#50 (Time Study) Over the Hill Dept."
DESCRIPTION
Black ink on yellow card stock birthday card. Illustration of a woman in heels and a long dress, short hair and glasses running down a steep and bumpy hill with her hands out. Behind and above her a typewriter with legs is chasing after her with a sheet of paper in the roller wit the number "57" on it. In front of her, large, anthropomorphized numbers "5" and "0" run down hill. Sheets of paper with years on them (1907, 1908, etc.) are floating in the air. Text reads: "1st one is easy, 2nd one is tuff." Bottom text reads: "You don't need to push any more — By Father Time —" At the bottom text reads: "#50 (Time Study) Over the Hill Dept."
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:125545
Creation Date:date unknown
Creator Name:Boyum, Sid
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County:
State:
Collection Name:Sid Boyum collection, circa 1900-2018 (bulk 1950-1980)
Genre:Drawing
Original Format Type:drawings
Original Format Number:PH 6986 Box 5,Folder 3
Original Dimensions:6.75 x 8.5 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Handwritten text on back of card reads: "Birthday card for Norma Beckman, Personnel Dept., Gisholt Machine Co. from Sid Boyum"
SUBJECTS
Clothing and dress
Dresses
Hills
Birthdays
Machinery industry
Women
Signs and symbols
Typewriters
Graphic arts
Drawing
Ephemera

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