September 21, 2024
Tag: Series x
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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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August 29, 2023 2 Comments
There is no better place to witness the state of American society than on the stages of Broadway. The Cort Theatre (among many others) issued postcards to advertise their productions. Often given free to audience members, the cards remained keepsakes for generations. Here are a few examples.