Billy Possum and Jimmie Possum on the Links Postcard

Shopmaker, Helen S. (collector)
Lounsbury, Fred C., (Fred Clark), 1857-1917

1909

other

Billy Possum (Symbolic character)
Jimmie Possum (Symbolic character)
Taft, William H. (1857-1930)
Sherman, James S. (1855-1912)
Political parties
Elections

1900-1909

Double-sided caricature postcard of Billy Possum, an animal character representing William H. Taft, and Jimmy Possum, an animal character representing James S. Sherman who was Taft's vice-president, playing golf. Postmarked in Monroeville, Indiana, November 1909. Pencil inscription with a personal note on the back, addressed to "Mr Charles Strait", and dated "Nov 8, 1909".

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