Ain't Marriage a Cinch!

In this 1907 Bamforth real photo postcard by Robert McCrum, a poor beleaguered husband sits on the floor and performs his household chores while his wife relaxes with a magazine and cigarette in a comfortable chair. One of his kids appears to be crying loudly, and the other one has climbed up on the table in the background to try out dad's tobacco pipe.

It's interesting to see that the same wallpaper appears in another Bamforth postcard entitled Try This on Your Piano: