If you're into history at all, I highly recommend that you pay regular visits to the Library of Congress website and check out the offerings. This week, I found
a photo titled "Johnson" that the LOC says "shows Edward Patrick Johnson (1878?-1959), a Canadian tenor opera singer who was billed outside North America as Edoardo Di Giovanni. Johnson is pouring tea out of a teapot while looking at a score. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017)"
I wish there were another photo of the teapot on what I believe is some type of stand/warmer contraption at left. Do you agree?
And are any of us opera fans? If so, this photo should make you especially happy!
I enjoy operas, as well as many other genres of music, and I can well believe this tenor's voice was soothed by his cup of hot tea. I'd love to see the teapot on the warmer, too.
ReplyDeleteThat is a wonderful photo! It's always nice to see a photo of a gentleman enjoying his cup of tea. I am a huge opera fan, so the photo DOES make me happy! I have attended many operas here in the US and in Europe. But I can't think of any operas which feature characters drinking tea--champagne is more often the beverage of choice!
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CTC loose Tea
What a great picture find.
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