Legal Postcards
A Breach of Promise Case "The Plaintiff I presume?" 1905, Postcard.
The Legal Postcards collection was developed from a core collection of French legal postcards donated by Lois S. Montbertrand, Law '85. This collection currently contains over 400 legal-themed postcards printed in France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States, in the late 19th to mid-20th century. Postcard images depict lawyers, judges, court cases, and legal matters, at times portrayed by women, children, and animals in various legal settings. Postcard themes typically fall into three groups: (1) the controversy over separation of church and state (2) the entry of women into the legal profession, and (3) satirical portrayal of the legal profession, often using children and animals in the roles of lawyers, judges, and litigants.