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Guaranteed to Rid Any Cellar of Rats, Roaches, or Other Creatures

Guaranteed to Rid Any Cellar of Rats, Roaches, or Other Creatures
"Guaranteed--to rid any cellar of rats, roaches, or other undesirable creatures. In case of failure to do so as represented, your money cheerfully refunded and no questions asked. September 15th, 1906 A.D."

Addressed to: Miss Olive L. Carpenter, Box #99, Yantic, Connecticut.

Postmarked: Philadelphia, Pa., Sep. 16, 1906.

Judging by a Find A Grave search, the recipient of this real photo postcard was probably Olive L. Carpenter Bullard (1878 - 1917) ("wife of E. E. Bullard"), who is buried in the Yantic Cemetery, Norwich, Connecticut. If so, she would have been 28 years old when she received this postcard in 1906 and only 39 when she died in 1917. I wonder if it was her husband who sent her this card.

For another real photo postcard with a similar "scare away the rats" joke, see Use This to Keep the Mice and Rats Away (below).

Use This to Keep the Mice and Rats Away

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 wintorbos
wintorbos club
Interesting -- have never seen the "keep away the rats" joke but will keep an eye out for it in future.
9 years ago.
Alan Mays club has replied to wintorbos club
Thanks, I have a number of other examples on real photo postcards that I'll have to scan at some point. I think that the joke may derive from some advertisements of the time (perhaps for the rodenticide named "Rough on Rats"), but I haven't yet been able to uncover a direct association between the advertising and the joke.
9 years ago.

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