- Created by
- Unidentified
- Date
- July 25, 1908
- Medium
- ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions
- H x W: 3 9/16 × 5 1/2 in. (9 × 14 cm)
- Description
- Color postcard with a cartoon scene depicting a caricatured man sitting at a table. A turkey dinner is sitting on the table in front of the man, and a bucket of champagne chills in a bucket next to the table. A butler is visible in the background. Black type in image reads, ["I'm just barely / livin'. Dat's all." / (coon song.)]. Stamp, postmark, and handwritten message appear on reverse side of postcard. The card was sent and received in Michigan.
- Statement
- Objects depicting racist and/or stereotypical imagery or language may be offensive and disturbing, but the NMAAHC aims to include them in the Collection to present and preserve the historical context in which they were created and used. Objects of this type provide an important historical record from which to study and evaluate racism.
- Place depicted
- Phoenix, Keweenaw County, Michigan, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
- Racist and Stereotypical Objects
- Type
- picture postcards
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Oprah Winfrey
- Object number
- 2014.312.182
- Restrictions & Rights
- Publid Domain
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




