January 13, 2025
Tag: Melbourne
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Poster Postcards Part X
The US Navy Visits Australia
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U. S. Fleet Visits Australia The year before President Theodore Roosevelt left office, he dispatched the U. S. Navy’s Atlantic Fleet on an around the world tour. Twenty-eight ships and 14,000 men left port in Hampton Ponds, Virginia for South America, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, the Philippines, Japan, Malaya, and back home through Suez and the Straits of Gibraltar. One of the…
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October 9, 2022 1 Comment
When biography becomes a topic in postcard history, we must look at how the subject behaves in other aspects of life, not just their profession and career. As we look at Sir Henry Irving you may be shocked to learn about his reaction to a question his wife asked. It’s not always easy to learn the unpleasantries.