Stephen Collins Foster, My Old Kentucky Home, Bardstown, KY, 1970
- Card type
- Lithograph
- Date
- c. 1970 (Chrome)
About this postcard
Color reproduction of an oil painting showing Stephen Collins Foster seated at a keyboard, his head resting on his right hand and a pen and paper in his left. He wears a dark suit and bow tie; a mottled brown wall and the carved back of a wooden chair fill the background. The caption identifies the room as the parlor of My Old Kentucky Home in Bardstown, Kentucky. Foster was a Pittsburgh-born songwriter whose parlor songs and minstrel melodies, including "My Old Kentucky Home," were widely sung in the 19th century. The Bardstown house, long a tourist destination, is the landmark tied to the song.
Postcard Details
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Postcard record
| Publisher | Durham Printing & Offset Co. |
|---|---|
| Series | SP-OKH-15 25417-C |
| Condition | Good |
| Place mentioned | My Old Kentucky Home, Bardstown, KY |
| Place mentioned | West Nyack, NY |
| Publisher | Durham Printing & Offset Co., Harlan, KY |
| Notes | Printed caption identifies the image as PORTRAIT OF STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER in the parlor of My Old Kentucky Home, Bardstown, Kentucky, color courtesy Kentucky Tourist Travel Commission; image is a reproduction of a painting with visible canvas/print texture and a light surface scratch at right. Divided-back card printed "Post Card" with "PLACE STAMP HERE" heading; published by Durham Printing & Offset Co., Box 388, Harlan, Ky. 40831, and made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, New York; series SP-OKH-15 / 25417-C. No postmark; handwritten date June 22, 1970 at top left; no stamp and no address written. Light surface wear, otherwise clean. |
Cite this card
Stephen Collins Foster, My Old Kentucky Home, Bardstown, KY, 1970, postcard, c. 1970. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/stephen-collins-foster-my-old-kentucky-home-bardstown-ky-197. Accessed November 2, 2026.