Tag: Theatre Postcards

  • Mystery Card #5

    Mystery Card #5

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    Help us solve this mystery. It’s opening night at the Glen Theatre. The house is full, the people are waiting for the lights to dim. It’s all happening at 34th Avenue and Boulevard. The mystery is we can’t find the city. Good luck.

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  • A Postcard History of the Hippodrome

    A Postcard History of the Hippodrome

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    Conceived by the creators of the Luna Park amusement area at Coney Island, and constructed in 1905, the Hippodrome Theatre for a time was the largest and most successful theater in New York.

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Past Article

George Miller
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OK, some of Franz Huld’s postcards are simply ugly. Not colorful or embossed. There are no signed artists nor cute children, but Franz Huld was an important American postcard publisher. He experimented and many of his designs were ingenious. Many collectors like them, perhaps that is why they are hard to find.

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