1900s "Yer Drunk" Humorous Night Scene Vintage Comic Postcard UDB

About This Postcard

This antique humorous postcard features a night scene titled "Yer Drunk". The illustration depicts two gentlemen in top hats and formal evening wear walking past a street lamp, with a comedic poem by W. J. Davis in the upper right corner describing the symptoms of intoxication. This type of "after-hours" humor was a popular subgenre of comic postcards during the Edwardian era, often featuring exaggerated situations and lighthearted verse intended for social amusement.

Details

Era: Undivided Back (1906)
City: Kansas City
State: Missouri
Region: Midwest
Country: United States
Topic: Humorous Night Scenes, Edwardian Comedy, Drinking Songs and Poems, Street Lamp Illustrations, Social Satire.
Condition: Circulated
Address Side: Undivided Back
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Artist / Photographer: Not Stated
Publisher: Milwaukee Publishing Co. (Series No. 904)
Printer: Likely American
Print Type: Tinted Halftone / Lithograph

Additional Information

This card was postmarked in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 21, 1906, and bears a one-cent Benjamin Franklin stamp. It is addressed to Miss Frances Wakely in Jacksonville, Illinois. The front features a handwritten date and a lengthy personal message from "F." mentioning the "poetry" and thanking the recipient for an Easter card. The address side displays an ornate winged "Post Card" header and the strict instruction "This side is exclusively for the address." This undivided layout confirms its production before the March 1907 U.S. postal regulation change that allowed for message space on the reverse.

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