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Happy 250th Birthday America!
David & Katherine take a journey through the history of the United States of America through productions on Broadway and in Hollywood as drawn by Al Hirschfeld.
From the baptism of Virginia Dare in The Lost Colony to Hirschfeld’s last TV Guide cover of the American Flag in the post 9/11 world, Hirschfeld’s works cover over 200 years of American history.
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Follow along with the show notes to view all the works mentioned in this episode:
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, 1976
The Ziegfeld Follies/Oklahoma!, 1943
Five Smash Hits on the December Stage, 1933
Nine Old Men of the Supreme Court
1968 Presidential Candidates, 1967
Jackie: An American Life, 1997
Perle Mesta is Having a Party, 1960
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, 1999
Jackie Mason in The World According to Me, 1986
Johnson Inauguration Gala, 1965
Eisenhower’s Inauguration, After Covarrubius, 1953
My Year in the White House Doghouse, 1969
American Flag for TV Guide, 2001
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