My wife and my mother-in-law. They are both in this picture--find them / drawn by W.E. Hill. – Antique Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this historic print of My wife and my mother-in-law. They are both in this picture--find them / drawn by W.E. Hill.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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My wife and my mother-in-law. They are both in this picture--find them / drawn by W.E. Hill.
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Readers are asked to find two hidden figures in this drawing, the artist's joke being that the speaker's wife and mother-in-law are somewhere in the scene. Picture puzzles like this one were a common feature of American humor weeklies in the 1910s, when readers enjoyed searching crowded drawings for concealed faces and objects. The mother-in-law was a stock target of comic magazines of the period, so the caption pairs a familiar domestic joke with a visual game. This halftone reproduction appeared in *Puck*, the satirical weekly, in its November 6, 1915 issue.
| Created / published | [1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photomechanical print : halftone. |
| Genre | Picture puzzles 1910-1920.Periodical illustrations 1910-1920.Halftone photomechanical prints 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Puck, week ending 1915 Nov. 6, p. 11. |
| Subjects | Spouses--1910-1920. Mothers-in-law--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 992 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-170070 |
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