Postcard 1 (SOLD)
Postcard 2
Ella Russell (1868-1956) is the subject of these vintage real photo postcards. Although she is virtually unknown to most people, she played an important role Women’s Rights. She was a suffragette, businessperson, and politician. She was the president of the Everett (Washington) Suffrage Club. She spoke about the issue of women’s right to vote, to a crowd of 6,500 people at a Billy Sunday Crusade event. She advocated for the women’s rights throughout the state of Washington. In 1914, Russell was the Democratic candidate in a race for the Washington House of Representatives. In 1922 she ran for the Washington House of Representatives as a Republican. She lost the election. In 1924 she won the nomination to run as a Republican for the state senate. However she was defeated in the election by another Republican candidate who won the position unethically. Washington was the fifth state in the nation to give women the right to vote. Russell was born in Illinois. She became a school teacher there and worked for five years. This was followed by a two year stint teaching in Washington. She married a wood shingle miller, had five children, and helped her husband with his business. Upon her husbands death, she took over the business.
Photo Postcard 1 was published by Frederick Hartmann. His postcard publishing company was headquartered in London. He was active in the UK between 1902 and 1909. It is thought that he produced the first divided back card in the world. His postcards were printed in Saxony (Germany) because of the country’s advanced printing industry. He produced view cards from all over England and imported glamour cards from the European continent. He was the English distributor for Trenkler & Company postcards. In 1907, Hartmann partnered with Christian Linck. The business went bankrupt that same year (1907). (SOLD)
Postcard 2 was published by J. Beagle as part of a series (No.410). The publishing company was headquartered in London. Overall the postcard is in good condition (see scans).
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Postcard 2
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I would like permission to use your picture of the S.S. President Harding post card. It turns out my grandfather came to america on that ship, and I’d love to use the pic in a memoir I’m writing. Please let me know if this is ok. https://cabinetcardgallery.com/2021/03/02/s-s-president-harding-sails-past-the-statue-of-liberty-in-new-york-harbor/
You certainly can use the photograph of the S.S. Harding in your memoir. I am always happy to hear when someone has a connection to one of the images that I post. I have one request to make of you. Please credit the Cabinet Card Gallery blog for being the source of the photograph. Thanks so much and enjoy writing the memoir.
Thank you so much. I will definitely credit you.
Thanks again.