Translating a Love Letter from a Boston Girl--Now Does That Mean Yes or No?" Underwood & Underwood – Historic Reproduction
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Translating a Love Letter from a Boston Girl--Now Does That Mean Yes or No?" Underwood & Underwood
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The caption on this stereograph sets up a playful puzzle: a man trying to translate a love letter from a Boston girl and wondering whether her answer means yes or no. Underwood & Underwood issued many cards like this around 1903, when stereoviews were a popular parlor entertainment and comic courtship scenes were a favorite subject. The joke treats a sweetheart's letter as hard to decode as a foreign text, so the card is best read as light humor rather than a documentary view of Boston.
| Created / published | 1903 |
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| Medium | photographic print on stereo card, stereograph |
| Original scan | 1,500 × 1,710 px · prints to 5 × 6 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-142375 |
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