Tuesday, January 30, 2018

Boston Pops Concert with Keith Lockhart

Greetings from
Boston Pops
Don't Miss America's Orchestra!
January 30, 2017 at 8 pm
South Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center
Keith Lockhart, Conductor

George Gershwin fans will love this Boston Pops celebration! Honoring a composer whose masterpieces are vibrant, lush, jazzy and uniquely American, the Pops will perform many of Gershwin's classic pieces, including his iconic Rhapsody in Blue, played by Michael Chertock, and An American in Paris, as well as his songs made famous by Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Gene Kelly, such as I Got Rhythm, The Man I Love, and 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous.

This advertising postcard is postmarked in December 2016 with a pre-printed 'presort' stamp

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Live - In Concert - The Blues Brothers

Live
In Concert

The Blues Brothers

Special Guest
Jerry Garcia
July 11 - 1979
Freedom Hall
Louisville, Kentucky

This is an unused reproduction postcard that was bought in 2015.

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The Blues Brothers were founded by comedy actors Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi as part of a musical sketch on Saturday Night Live.  There first appeared on Saturday Night Live on January 17, 1976.

Monday, January 1, 2018

All Good Wishes for the New Year

All Good Wishes for the New Year.

Raphael Tuck and Sons
New Year Post Cards Series No. 145
Art Publishers to their Majesties the King and Queen

This embossed postcard features a young girl with a horse shoe for good luck in the new year and a clock showing midnight. It is postmarked in December of 1909.
Benjamin Franklin
1 cent