/internal/media/dispatcher/42187/fullPostcard sent from Fort Worth by a White House staffer to his son11/22/19633 1/2 x 5 1/2 in. (8.9 x 14 cm)PaperR. Lee and Rose Huffman Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2008.031.000803.5x5.5" "Greetings From Texas" Cartoon Postcard to Wayne B. Huffman from his father Roy Lee Huffman.
The front has multiple cartoon images that include:
-Native American saying "What A Mess! I've Struck Oil Again!" standing next to a teepee.
-Male cowboy with his tongue sticking out and holding a pan, knife, and fork.
-Brown and White cow with a question mark over his head and his body is labeled by what type of meat it is, such as "Pot Roast, Rib Steak, Short Loin, T-Bone, Porter House, Sirloin, Rump Roast, and Round Steak".
-A blue flag that reads "The Lone (picture of a star) State".
-A red-headed girl with the words "Beauty Queen" next to her.
-A bale of cotton with a face, goatee, crown, cane, and robe saying "I'll Take Over, Toots" and the words "King Cotton" next to him.
-A lamb with sweat drops around its head and saying "Oh, Oh! I Better Get Outta Here"
-In the bottom right corner, it reads "H. Dean".
The back of the postcard has a 5 cent George Washington stamp and is postmarked "Fort Worth Tex Nov 22 10:00 AM 1963". A handwritten message in blue ink reads:
"Hi Cowboy, Haven't got much time partner, gotta go, God bless you all. I miss you. Love Daddy"
"Wayne B. Huffman 11200 Troy RD Rockville MD"Documents6624713.97002794018.890017780026731Postcard0E-10Postcard titled "Greetings From Texas" mailed from Fort Worth the morning of November 22, 1963, by White House Transportation Division employee Roy Lee Huffman.
The back of the postcard is postmarked "Fort Worth Tex Nov 22 10:00 AM 1963".
A handwritten message in blue ink reads:
"Hi Cowboy, Haven't got much time partner, gotta go, God bless you all. I miss you. Love Daddy"
Fort WorthPostcardHuffman, R. LeeFort WorthWashington, D.C.Donor R. Lee Huffman was a master sergeant in the U.S. Army assigned to the Transportation Division at the White House from 1961 to 1966. He purchased this postcard at the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth and mailed it to his son on the morning of Friday, November 22, 1963. Huffman was still at the Hotel Texas when the assassination took place in Dallas, just two and a half hours after this postcard was postmarked in Fort Worth. - Stephen Fagin, Associate Curator