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postcard - Aunt Boo & Grandpa Snazzy
Postcard, Bob Burns
postcard - Aunt Boo & Grandpa Snazzy
postcard - Aunt Boo & Grandpa Snazzy

Postcard, Bob Burns

Object number1977.129.01
DateUnknown Date
Mediumpaper and ink
Dimensions3 7/16 x 5 3/8 in. (8.8 x 13.7 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
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    DescriptionBlack and white postcard photograph of a comedy sketch based on characters from the Bob Burns radio series. Bob Burns (August 2, 1890 – February 2, 1956) was a radio and film comedian during the 1930s and 1940's.

    Bob Burns was born on August 2, 1890, in Greenwood, Arkansas, and grew up in Van Buren, Arkansas. He was a musical comedian who starred in radio programs and in movies from 1930 to 1947. He had two radio shows – “The Arkansas Traveler” and “The Bob Burns Show." He appeared in 10 movies. In addition to his work in radio and in movies, he wrote a weekly newspaper column for sixteen years. He was also the inventor of the musical instrument the bazooka, which includes a long pipe and a funnel and that functions as a crude trombone. Burns died February 2, 1956.

    The postcard depicts a scene of a family in front of a log cabin. There are four men one dancing and three playing musical instruments and one woman dancing. They are dressed as hillbillies. At the bottom of the postcard: "Grandpa Snazzy and Aunt Boo's version of the Big Apple, Van Buren, Arkansas Home of Bob Burns". Uncirculated.
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