Unsent, horizontal, rectangular picture postcard featuring an image on the obverse of a Pan American World Airways double-decked "Strato" Clipper airliner or airplane flying left past a peninsula, a suspension bridge visible at top edge. The reverse is printed in black with a description of Pan American's "Strato" Clippers and service, the company's winged "PAA" logo and slogan, and places for the address and stamp. Cursive letter "e" written above "ADDRESS".
The tiple is the one of the smallest Puerto Rican string instruments. Most of the rich regional variation in shape, number of strings, and tuning was nearly lost in the 20th century due to the popularity of the cuatro among Puerto Rican musicians and the standardization of the five-string tiple. This tiple was originally fitted with three strings and features a violin-inspired shape similar to the cuatro. More unusually, it also has a violin-style peghead with a scroll and bone tuning pegs. This instrument is part of the Teodoro Vidal Collection, which features two other tiples (1997.0097.1078 and 1997.0097.1081).
Description (Spanish)
Los tiples son los instrumento de cuerda puertorriqueños más pequeños. Durante el siglo XX, la popularidad del cuatro entre músicos puertorriqueños y la estandarización del tiple de cinco cuerdas causó la pérdida de gran parte de la rica variedad regional de forma, número de cuerdas y afinación. Este tiple originalmente tenía tres cuerdas y muestra una forma de violín similar a la del cuatro. Más inusual es el clavijero con clavijas de hueso también tallado al estilo de un violín. Este instrumento es parte de la Colección Teodoro Vidal, la cual incluye dos otros tiples (1997.0097.1078 y 1997.0097.1081)