The PARENTS OF THE BRAT in the cupboard?

I think we might now have a clue as to why the Brat in the Cupboard is such a brat.

I give you his folks. I do believe in a few years the brat will not be reaching for jam or honey, but a bottle of Jack Daniels.

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This is another card published in 1906 by Harry Heye Tammen, marked as H. H. Tammen on the cards. It was postmarked June 5, 1909.