Discovering Picture Postcards
Author : Cuthbert William Hill
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 15,49 MB
Release : 1970-01-01
Category : Postcards
ISBN : 9780852631027
Author : Cuthbert William Hill
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 15,49 MB
Release : 1970-01-01
Category : Postcards
ISBN : 9780852631027
Author : Jody Blake
Publisher : Penn State University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,74 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Pennsylvania
ISBN : 9780271016252
'Many years ago, Foster E. Weaver, a close friend of mine, discovered a postcard album among his aunt's personal items. Fascinated by the variety of cards and the messages written on them by both family and friends, he kept the album. Ultimately, his discovery led him into the adventurous world of collecting.'-----Gary W. Slear, Past President Of The Union County Historical Society And Chairman Of The UCHS Archives And Museum Committee, also the author of the Foreward of this book Rural Delivery.
Author : Robert Bogdan
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 39,11 MB
Release : 2006-09-21
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780815608516
The Real Photo Postcard Guide is an informative, comprehensive, and practical treatment of this wildly popular American phenomenon that dominated the United States photographic market during the first third of the twentieth century. Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh draw on extensive research and observation to address all aspects of the photo postcard from its history, origin, and cultural significance to practical matters like dating, purchasing, condition, and preservation. Illustrated with over 350 exceptional photo postcards taken from archives and private collections across the country, the scope of the Real Photo Postcard Guide spans technical considerations of production, characteristics of superior images, collecting categories, and methods of research for dating photo postcards and investigating their photographers. In a broader sense, the authors show how "real photo postcards" document the social history of America. From family outings and workplace awards to lynchings and natural disasters, every image captures a moment of American cultural history from the society that generated them. Bogdan and Weseloh’s book provides an admirable integration of informative text and compelling photographic illustrations. Collectors, archivists, photographers, photo historians, social scientists, and anyone interested in the visual documentation of America will find the Real Photo Postcard Guide indispensable.
Author : Frank Staff
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 42,90 MB
Release : 1979-01
Category : Postcards
ISBN : 9780718806330
Pictorial cards, envelopes, writing papers.
Author : Anthony Byatt
Publisher :
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 11,17 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Postcards
ISBN : 9780950621210
Author : Alison Rowley
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 23,8 MB
Release : 2013-12-11
Category : History
ISBN : 1442667168
During the fin-de-siècle and early revolutionary eras, picture postcards were an important medium of communication for Russians of all backgrounds. In Open Letters, the most comprehensive study of Russian picture postcards to date, Alison Rowley uses this medium to explore a variety of aspects of Russian popular culture. The book is lavishly illustrated with more than 130 images, most of which have never been published before. Through her examinations of postcards, Rowley addresses a diverse range of topics: how landscape postcards conveyed notions of imperialism; the role of postcards in the rise of celebrity culture; depictions of the body on erotic and pornographic postcards; how postcards were employed to promote differing interpretations of the First World War; and the use of postcards by revolutionary groups seeking to overthrow the Tsarist government. Rowley determines the extent to which Russia was embedded in Europe-wide cultural trends by situating the Russian case within a larger European context.
Author : Eric Sauder
Publisher : History PressLtd
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,64 MB
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750962803
Lusitania was an engineering marvel, at one time the largest, fastest and most opulent vessel in the world. When she was sunk by a German submarine on 7 May 1915, with the loss of about 1,200 lives, it sent shockwaves around the world. The iconic passenger liner immediately became a weapon in the Allied propaganda war, helping to shift American public opinion against Germany and influencing the USA's eventual entry into the First World War. Her many achievements and successes were largely forgotten. This volume tells Lusitania's story from construction to the aftermath of her sinking in remarkable contemporary postcards.
Author : Richard Carline
Publisher :
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 33,97 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Postcards
ISBN : 9780913782040
Author : Marian Klamkin
Publisher : Dodd Mead
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 13,78 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
Author : Anthony Byatt
Publisher : Malvern : Golden Age Postcard Books
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 43,88 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Postcards
ISBN : 9780950621203