Vintage Not A Post Card Mt Clemens MI 21 Baths Before and After Humor Novelty

$ 3.17

Signed: No Material: Paper Personalize: No Type: Private Mailing Card Postage Condition: Unposted Time Period Manufactured: 1900-1919 Brand/Publisher: Young Post Card Co. Size: Standard (5.5 x 3.5 in) brand: Young Post Card Co. Theme: People, Risqué Era: Divided Back (1907-1915) Year Manufactured: 1905 Unit of Sale: Single Unit Original/Licensed Reprint: Original Country of Origin: United States Subject: Anonymous People

Description

Vintage Not A Post Card Mt Clemens MI 21 Baths Before and After Humor Novelty. Subject: Mineral Baths Humor. Type: Novelty Card. Antique "Not A Post Card" novelty card from the Young Post Card Co. of Mt. Clemens, Michigan, features a humorous "Before and After" illustration of a woman's transformation after 21 baths at Mt. Clemens. The sepia-toned graphic displays a split-view of a figure at a vanity, transitioning from a slender frame to a much fuller silhouette, satirizing the purported health benefits of the local mineral baths. The reverse side explicitly states "NOT A Post Card" with instructions to enclose it in an envelope, adding to its unique collectible appeal as a piece of early 20th-century resort town ephemera. Brand: Young Post Card Co. Origin: Mt. Clemens, Michigan Subject: Mineral Baths Humor Era: Early 1900s Type: Novelty Card Theme: Health & Spa Satire Illustration: Before and After Color: Sepia / Brown Material: Cardstock Orientation: Horizontal Keywords: Ephemera, Victorian Humor, Mineral Springs, Bath City, Michigan History, Antique Satire, Curio, Oddity, Paper Americana, Medical Quackery, Souvenir, Edwardian, Graphic Art