October 23, 2026
Tag: The Desert Song
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The Desert Song
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Postcard History’s poster series continues with an eye-popping poster card from the 1927 London production of The Desert Song. This widely successful operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II was inspired by the 1925 uprising of the Riffs, a group of Moroccan fighters, against French colonial rule. It was also inspired by…
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April 27, 2023 3 Comments
Real-photo postcards are primary source historical records. They are the next best thing to seeing the subject with your own eyes. In some places in the American west the postcards made by itinerant photographers are the only records still available. Johnson, Arizona, is one such place.