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Sunday, May 08, 2022

Wish You Were Here, from Charles Dana Gibson

 

Here's a Gibson card issued by Henderson & Sons of England. This one is #91 from their Pictorial Comedy series. 

I confess I am not familiar with these caps as being somehow emblematic of Yankees. But I can say for sure that Googling "historical Yankee caps" will definitely not get anyone closer to answers in this regard.

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2 comments:

  1. Doug5/08/2022 9:34 AM

    That's a Phyrgian cap, worn by Libertas, the Roman goddess of Liberty, and used as a symbol of Liberty in art (Columbia, the female personification of America, wore one). Wikipedia has an article on the cap.

    I'm guessing that it's a reference to the Suffragettes.

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  2. Mark Johnson5/09/2022 3:22 PM

    I think this actually an early version of a Smurfette.

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