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As the Shadow of Age Over Every Soul Hovers Ever from Day of Birth, So Youth's Sweet Ghost Doth Age Control and Tethers it Still to Earth. 14134
Publisher: Detroit Publishing Company
William Balfour Ker (Canadian, 1877–1918)
Owner of copyright: Life Magazine (1883–1972)
William Balfour Ker (Canadian, 1877–1918)
Owner of copyright: Life Magazine (1883–1972)
American
about 1904
Medium/Technique
Offset photomechanical on card stock
Dimensions
Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2013.13931
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionFront: Detroit Pub. Co.
Copyright, 1904, by Life Pub. Co.
Back: undivided. Mint.
Copyright, 1904, by Life Pub. Co.
Back: undivided. Mint.
Signed
Wm. Balfour Ker
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2011, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in the United States, Canada and Europe; 2013, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 18, 2013)