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Greetings from Arkansas — Musician
- Date
- c. 1930s
- State
- Arkansas
- Category
- Old Arkansas
- Format
- Postcard
A musician’s silhouette and a cluster of blossoms frame this version of ARKANSAS. The figure brings a human subject to a design otherwise built around small views of the state.
The musician is unidentified. Arkansas’s musical history offers a setting for the motif. In Mountain View, local players drew crowds to the first Arkansas Folk Festival in 1963. The annual festival helped bring Ozark music to visitors and preceded the opening of the Ozark Folk Center in 1973.
Sources
- Arkansas Arts Council · Folk music in Mountain View
- Original postcard, front and back · Crumb Paper Archive
- Newberry Library · History of large-letter postcards