La Sousa Clown Band at Luna Park, 1909
Postcard collection (Record Series 9901-01), Seattle Municipal Archives.
Brass ensemble signalling the beginning of a performance
Front Text: "Bayreuth, Fanfarenbläser am Festspielhause"
Year of the Pig
Japanese New Year card. Probably from 1911 (or maybe 1923).
Reverse Text: "Musikverein Wien, Ball der Wiener Philharmoniker"
During the 1996 fire
Translation of reverse text: "Venice - Gran Teatro La Fenice - built in 1792 (Arch Selva) - rebuilt in 1837 after the fire - major renovations in 1854 (Arch Meduna) - destroyed by fire in 1996"
Rosa Grünberg och Thorleif Allum i "En valsdröm" (1908)
Photographer: Ukjent (Atelier Jaeger)
Stockholm, Sverige
The Municipal Archives of Trondheim
"Music Hall, New York World's Fair"
Reverse Text: "The World's Fair Music Hall, erected by the New York World's Fair 1939, seats 2,500. The auditorium is egg-shaped, without balconies or interior columns, thus affording perfect sight lines and acoustics. A dominant feature is a box-like stage house, rising to a height of 80 feet. The Music Hall, designed by Reinhard and Hofmeister, is of modern design, of fireproof construction, air-conditioned and equipped with latest stage mechanisms and appliances."
Concert hall, built 1901 by August Esenwein and James A. Johnson for the Pan-American Exposition 1901. Site of the assassination of President William McKinley on 6 Sep 1901. Used for orchestral and organ concerts during the exposition. 2200 seats. Demolished after the exposition.
Hero & Jollytown Band, organized circa 1913 by George B. Hennen and Charles Dye.
Photographer: John Harvey Hamilton
Part of the John Robert Rice Collection
Andreas Praefcke has an extensive and well-organized postcard collection of theatres and concert halls worldwide
3 comments:
Hi, Tabatha. I'm sorry we can't meet for lunch today, but thank you for this great postcard post! These cards are amazing -- from the creepy clowns (scary), to the violin-playing boar and what exactly is that supposed to be on the side of the World's Fair Music Hall. Weird. Researching the postcards for my project has opened my awareness to new places and people.
Wow, what a diverse musical presentation today, Tabatha!
That Jollytown Band doesn't look so jolly, Tabatha. Amazing the depth & breadth of the postcard world. I've always liked postcards & use them a lot in my teaching, but now I'm finding them everywhere too. Just shows that once aware, one sees what was there all along. I love that one with the couple!
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