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An unmarked linen postcard depicting the wooden schoolhouse covered in green and purple foliage. Two people stand in front of the schoolhouse.

Postcard with wide view of oldest school house, large banner can be seen stating the same. Description on back states "The oldest wooden School House, under three flags, stands on quaint old St. Street just within the Old City Gates. As evidence a Spanish of 1738 shows this red ceder house "in fair condition". It has been used in recent exhibitions as a contrast to the most modern types of school architecture."

Caricatured image of a little Black (African American) girl in profile sitting on a red stool leaning against an upturned crate that serves as a lemonade stand. Her dress is open at the back and her bottom is exposed. A small white dog sits across from her in front of the lemonade stand; Text in black reads, THERE'S "BARELY" ANY BUSINESS AT ALL-'; c--817; © Curt Teich & Co., Inc.; 2CH414

The inscription on the back of the postcard says: The Sausage Tree (Kigelia Pinnata) also sometimes called the Fetish Tree, is a native of tropical Africa. It has rough Pinnate Leaves and flowers which have rather peculiar appearance and hang suspended by long peduncles. These fruits have the appearance of big sausages, and doubtless have given the tree its name.