Four bobcats (or lynx) are shown resting on and among pale, rounded boulders, one at the bottom licking its chops. The card's own caption identifies them as bob cats at the Overton Park Zoo in Memphis, Tennessee. Overton Park, a large urban park designed by George Kessler and opened in 1906, housed the Memphis city zoo from 1906 until the zoo moved to a new site in the 1980s.
Linen-textured stock with visible crosshatch weave; caption set in a white box at lower edge; small white blemish at right edge; printed copyright mark.
No postmark; unused, unwritten card. Undivided back with printed "POST CARD" heading and stamp box, no message or address. Lightly textured cream stock, slight corner wear.
Cite this card
Bob cats at Overton Park Zoo, Memphis, Tennessee, circa 1940, postcard, n.d.. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/bob-cats-at-overton-park-zoo-memphis-tennessee-circa-1940. Accessed October 25, 2026.
