RPPC~1942 Real Photo Postcard~ROCKABILLY COUNTRY Singer SHORTY FINCHER w/ Wife

Description

Real photo postcard of a famous Rockabilly / Country singer identified as Shorty Fincher, with his wife Sallie Fincher, stage name Lonesome Valley Sally, who were married on February 7, 1942.
Excerpted from
Hillbilly-Music.com:
Although born in Iuka, Mississippi,
Shorty Fincher
lived in Aniston Alabama from the age of one where he grew up. In 1911, a younger brother, Hamilton-later known as "Rawhide-was added to the family. However, he and his brother's entry into show business apparently took place in Pennsylvania about 1932.
Although his pre-war band usually bore the name Cotton Pickers, in January 1934 he recorded a number of radio transcriptions for the Crazy Water Crystals Company under the name Colonel Jack [Brinkley] and Shorty's Crazy Hillbillies, as well as six sides for OKeh at that time. In addition to Shorty and Rawhide, then his band included a man named Shad Roe and a girl named Sue, believed to be surnamed Fincher, and perhaps others.
In the ensuing years, he played on radio over different stations including one in Pittsburgh where Alexandra Kaspura, known as "Lonesome Valley Sally" (named for a song), was added to the band.
Alexandra Kaspura was listed as Lonesome Valley Sally in a souvenir booklet of Shorty Fincher and his Prairie Pals. She married Shorty on February 7, 1942.
(End of excerpt)
This is a 3 1/2" wide x 5 1/2" tall vintage matte real photo postcard (RPPC) with a Defender stamp box.
Divided back, postally unused.
Real photo postcards are, in fact, real photos and are often one-of-a-kind views printed in very small runs.
Very collectible photo portrait of two early Country entertainers in mid-century America.
The photo postcard is in very good condition with minor edge, corner and surface wear, including a light crease at upper right corner.
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