Or, sometimes, I would write a little note of thanks, especially when it was a married man. The married men like to carry a thing like that home and show the wife they are appreciated.

Or, sometimes, I would write a little note of thanks, especially when it was a married man. The married men like to carry a thing like that home and show the wife they are appreciated.
Or, sometimes, I would write a little note of thanks, especially when it was a married man. The married men like to carry a thing like that home and show the wife they are appreciated.

Or, sometimes, I would write a little note of thanks, especially when it was a married man. The married men like to carry a thing like that home and show the wife they are appreciated.

Date1916
Artist (American artist and illustrator, 1877–1960)
Illustration Citation"Your Hidden Powers," Anonymous, American Magazine, June 1916
MediumCrayon and gouache on paper
Dimensionssheet: 20 3/16 × 20 7/16 in. (51.3 × 51.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of the estate of Frieda Becher, 1971
Object number1971-112
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ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextIn a period that valued the self-made man, the editors of The American Magazine invited stories reporting "something in your own business experience worth relating to others." This entry relates how the author became "a Success." This theme was consistent with the self-help approach of Horatio Alger (1832–1899), whose formulaic books about poor boys who rose to middle-class respectability through hard work and honesty remained popular in the early twentieth century.
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