The photograph shows a two-story white clapboard house with a screened front porch, reached by a long flight of steps. The house is identified as the home of Bob Burns in Van Buren, Arkansas. Burns was an Arkansas-born comedian and radio entertainer whose homemade bazooka, a pipe-and-funnel instrument, later gave the U.S. rocket launcher its nickname. Van Buren sits across the Arkansas River from Fort Smith, and Burns's radio work in the 1930s made him a familiar national personality.
Real photo postcard; white caption text added to the negative; no border visible.
No postmark. Real-photo postcard with Kodak stamp box ("PLACE STAMP HERE / Paper."), divided back, ca. 1920s-1940s. Dealer pencil notations at top ("RMLJ", "3-", "5.00" struck through). No stamp, no address, no handwritten message; light foxing/soiling on the back.
Cite this card
Home of Bob Burns, Van Buren, AR, circa 1930, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/home-of-bob-burns-van-buren-ar-circa-1930. Accessed November 2, 2026.
