The Band of Hope, Antique Hand-drawn Postcard Marjorie Abbey Battise First Edition

First Edition

this would work pretty much anywhere

and had to snatch one up

and a hinged lid

The Band of Hope, Antique Hand-drawn Postcard Marjorie Abbey Battise First EditionI didn't know much at all about the history of "The Band of Hope" when I purchased this early 20th century hand drawn postcard; I just loved this young cast of characters, and also how much one might project into and onto the drawing and text at the present moment, when social gathering and the term hope itself are such charged and contested things. The Band of Hope referred to here is a temperance organization for working class children founded in