A Coon Trees a Possum in Dixieland

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A postcard of "A Coon Trees a Possum in Dixieland." The front features a color illustration of an elderly man climbing the trunk of a tree, reaching for the tail of a gray possum that is sitting on branch above him. The man has a white mustache, beard, and hair. He is wearing a blue frock coat and red pants. He has a bag slung over his proper left shoulder. In the background are green bushes with white and red flowers. The postcard has an off-white border. In the center of the top border is black printed text that reads [252 A COON TREES A POSSUM IN DIXIELAND]. Black text at the bottom right reads [E-5618]. The back of the postcard is white with dark blue printed text. The text printed top left corner reads [THIS SPACE FOR WRITING MESSAGES] and [POST CARD] in the top right half of the card.

Explore Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ↗