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Before and After Marriage
This is a rare set of small drawings that Cassius Cooldige did as advertisements for I believe Jaques, Atwood & Co in Chicago. On the back of each, however, is an advertisement for Albert Moulton, which sold many things including groceries, furniture, and looking glasses, among others. See the picture below for complete details.
 On the back of each card is this advertisement. |
This set of drawings consists of 5 drawing plus a cover on 3x5 paper cards. They were drawn by Cassius Coolidge and written by Geo M. Hayes. They are copyright 1882. The actual pictures themselves depict some stages that relationships goes through: Love, Engaged, Married, Married for 1 Year, and Married for 5 Years. The cards are shown below for your viewing pleasure, but let's just say it portrays a pretty bitter attitude toward marriage and women. (It fits right in for me)
The Cards
Rather than try to describe them and put some cunning comment, I will just let the pictures speak for themselves.
 Cover |
 In Love |
 Engaged |
 Married |
 Married 1 Year |
 Married 5 Years |
