Sandburg, Carl. (1878 - 1967). Signed Photograph Playing Guitar, inscribed to Ethel Smith. Large signed photograph inscribed by the poet to the popular organist, Ethel Smith who is also shown playing the guitar: "Dear Ethel-We are a team-saludos-love + blessings-Carl 1957". 10 x 13.25 inches. Signed and dated on the verso by the photographer, Jan Steckler of NY. In fine condition.
Ethel Smith (1910 – 1996) was an organist who played primarily in a pop style on the Hammond organ. Her recording of Tico Tico was her best-known hit and reached No. 14 on the U.S. pop charts in 1944 and sold over one million copies worldwide. She was married to Ralph Bellamy from 1945 to 1947.
Today we primarily remember Sandburg as the populist poet and Lincoln biographer, but he was also a folk song performer and frequently accompanied his own poems with guitar. In 1927 published his massive collection of folk songs, The American Songbag and in 1950, he published its sequel, The New American Songbag. Of the guitar, he wrote in "Some Definitions": "A small friend weighing less than a newborn infant, / ever responsive to all sincere efforts / aimed at mutual respect, depth of affection / or love gone off the deep end."
Ethel Smith (1910 – 1996) was an organist who played primarily in a pop style on the Hammond organ. Her recording of Tico Tico was her best-known hit and reached No. 14 on the U.S. pop charts in 1944 and sold over one million copies worldwide. She was married to Ralph Bellamy from 1945 to 1947.
Today we primarily remember Sandburg as the populist poet and Lincoln biographer, but he was also a folk song performer and frequently accompanied his own poems with guitar. In 1927 published his massive collection of folk songs, The American Songbag and in 1950, he published its sequel, The New American Songbag. Of the guitar, he wrote in "Some Definitions": "A small friend weighing less than a newborn infant, / ever responsive to all sincere efforts / aimed at mutual respect, depth of affection / or love gone off the deep end."
Sandburg, Carl. (1878 - 1967). Signed Photograph Playing Guitar, inscribed to Ethel Smith. Large signed photograph inscribed by the poet to the popular organist, Ethel Smith who is also shown playing the guitar: "Dear Ethel-We are a team-saludos-love + blessings-Carl 1957". 10 x 13.25 inches. Signed and dated on the verso by the photographer, Jan Steckler of NY. In fine condition.
Ethel Smith (1910 – 1996) was an organist who played primarily in a pop style on the Hammond organ. Her recording of Tico Tico was her best-known hit and reached No. 14 on the U.S. pop charts in 1944 and sold over one million copies worldwide. She was married to Ralph Bellamy from 1945 to 1947.
Today we primarily remember Sandburg as the populist poet and Lincoln biographer, but he was also a folk song performer and frequently accompanied his own poems with guitar. In 1927 published his massive collection of folk songs, The American Songbag and in 1950, he published its sequel, The New American Songbag. Of the guitar, he wrote in "Some Definitions": "A small friend weighing less than a newborn infant, / ever responsive to all sincere efforts / aimed at mutual respect, depth of affection / or love gone off the deep end."
Ethel Smith (1910 – 1996) was an organist who played primarily in a pop style on the Hammond organ. Her recording of Tico Tico was her best-known hit and reached No. 14 on the U.S. pop charts in 1944 and sold over one million copies worldwide. She was married to Ralph Bellamy from 1945 to 1947.
Today we primarily remember Sandburg as the populist poet and Lincoln biographer, but he was also a folk song performer and frequently accompanied his own poems with guitar. In 1927 published his massive collection of folk songs, The American Songbag and in 1950, he published its sequel, The New American Songbag. Of the guitar, he wrote in "Some Definitions": "A small friend weighing less than a newborn infant, / ever responsive to all sincere efforts / aimed at mutual respect, depth of affection / or love gone off the deep end."