Author : Stephanie Bennett
Publisher :
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,28 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780836292701
The recent hit movie The Wedding Singer. CDs collecting '80s chartbusters. All-request '80s weekends on the radio. You Know You're a Child of the '80s e-mails.In case you haven't noticed, the '80s are back! Postcards from the '80s will be comprised of 80 lists and photos that will evoke and encapsulate the totally awesome decade that was the '80s. Anyone whose life intersected with this decade will welcome this breezy and fun romp through all things '80s.
Author : Ringo Starr
Publisher :
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 36,27 MB
Release : 2005-09-01
Category : Postcards
ISBN : 9781844034239
A unique insight into the friendship between the members of the Beatles through postcards sent to Ringo from John, Paul and George. Sensationally presented, this book features 53 postcards sent by John Lennon, George Harrison and Paul McCartney to Ringo Starr. The superb facsimile reproductions of the cards, complete with the occasional drawing, depict both the spontaneous wit and art of the Beatles. The reproduction of the postcards is supplemented by revealing text from Ringo explaining the meaning behind the cards and documenting the corresponding moments in his life. This visually stunning and intriguing book is, quite simply, a must-have for anyone interested in the story of the Beatles phenomenon.
Author : Ian Berry
Publisher : Delmonico Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 21,19 MB
Release : 2021-11-09
Category :
ISBN : 9781636810096
A comprehensive survey of rarely seen collages from the master of abstraction Over the course of more than 50 years, renowned American artist Ellsworth Kelly made approximately 400 postcard collages, some of which served as exploratory musings and others as studies for larger works in other mediums. They range from his first monochrome in 1949 through his last postcard collages of crashing ocean waves, in 2005. Together, these works show an unbounded space of creative freedom and provide an important insight into the way Kelly saw, experienced and translated the world in his art. Many postcards illustrate specific places where he lived or visited, introducing biography and illuminating details that make these pieces unique among his broader artistic production. Ellsworth Kelly: Postcards is the most extensive publication of Kelly's lifelong practice of collaged postcards. Ellsworth Kelly (1923-2015) was born in Newburgh, New York. In 1948 he moved to France, where he came into contact with a wide range of classical and modern art. He returned to New York in 1954 and two years later had his first exhibition at the Betty Parsons Gallery. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, organized his first retrospective in 1973. Subsequent exhibitions have been held at museums around the world, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Tate in London, Haus der Kunst in Munich and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
Author : Robin Chapman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 31,91 MB
Release : 2005-08-03
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1439629897
The perfume of the orange blossoms . . . the beauty of every scene, combine to make me wonder whether I am not in Paradise, wrote one visitor to Winter Park, Florida, in 1918. Just five miles north of Orlando, Winter Parks oak-lined brick streets and its quiet lakes have been attracting visitors since the late 19th century, when U.S. president Chester A. Arthur declared, This is the prettiest spot I have seen in Florida. The New Englandlike city in the heart of the subtropics was once home to the Seminole Hotel, the largest resort south of Jacksonville. In 1885, prestigious Rollins College was founded here, the first institution of higher learning in Florida.
Author : David W. Francis
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 13,61 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738519975
By 1912, there were 54 amusement parks in Ohio. The parks came in all sizes, and featured such attractions as the Flying Ponies carousel, the Chute-the-Chutes water ride, and the Cyclone, Racer, and Dip-the-Dips roller coasters. Some, like Cleveland's White City, seemed to be courted by bad luck from the beginning, and folded after only a few disappointing seasons. Others, like Youngstown's Idora Park, enjoyed long lives and fostered beloved memories, but eventually closed down in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. A few, like Sandusky's Cedar Point, have grown to be considered among the greatest amusement parks in the world. But most are now forgotten.
Author : Peter White
Publisher : Presentation House Gallery : Arsenal Pulp Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 17,16 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781551520377
Co-published with Presentation House Gallery, It Pays to Play: British Columbia in Postcards, 1950s–1980s reveals the province as it was represented in popular, photographic colour postcards from the early '50s through to the emergence in the '80s of the present post-industrial, global economy. Following the Second World War, North America underwent a sustained period of extraordinary economic and social transformation. With its remarkable physical diversity and beauty, excellent climate and abundant resources, British Columbia was particularly well placed to reap the benefits and opportunities of these circumstances, even as there were signs that the good life had been oversold. If life changed dramatically during this period, so did the way it was seen. The advent of inexpensive, technologically sophisticated colour photography brought a remarkable and widely appealing realism to the depiction of the modern world. One of colour photography's important offshoots was the postcard. With its naturalism and vivid, enhanced opticality, the colour postcard not only fed into the growth and optimism of developing communities and industry, but it interacted in significant ways with the new and expanded world of leisure and tourism ushered in during this period. Author Peter White dissects these fascinating images that promoted British Columbia as a province of extraordinary natural beauty and opportunity, examining how these images both inform and construct our sense of place-from the neon lights of Vancouver's Chinatown, to the surreal landscape of Trail's smelters; from the manicured gardens of Stanley Park, to eerily vacant main streets and motels in small towns throughout the province. The book includes 141 full-colour images.
Author : Patrick McHale
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 21,30 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Art
ISBN : 1506703763
"A complete tour through the development and production of the hit animated miniseries Over the Garden Wall, this volume contains hundreds of pieces of concept art and sketches"--
Author : Silvia Lucchini
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,95 MB
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0789327627
A delightful collection of vintage and antique postcards of New York. This book presents a rare collection of more than 100 of the best vintage New York City postcards, providing a snapshot of how much the Big Apple has changed—and how much has remained recognizably the same. During the early years of the twentieth century, postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of Manhattan snapping images and documenting landmarks and important new architectural masterpieces, such as the Singer Building (1908), the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower (1909), and the Woolworth Building (1913)—each of which succeeded the other as the world’s tallest building at the time of their respective completion. Also celebrated were the engineering feats of the Brooklyn Bridge and the elevated trains and early subway, as well as popular amusements such as the original Madison Square Garden and the Hippodrome, which occupied an entire city block at Longacre Square—since renamed Times Square. Scenic views of the city from a distance were equally popular—and in fact led to the coining of the word "skyline" in 1896. This charming keepsake volume is the perfect souvenir for architecture and history buffs and makes a wonderful gift.
Author : Silvia Lucchini
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 31,36 MB
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Travel
ISBN : 0847845362
A delightful collection of vintage and antique postcards of New York. This book presents a rare collection of more than 100 of the best vintage New York City postcards, providing a snapshot of how much the Big Apple has changed—and how much has remained recognizably the same. During the early years of the twentieth century, postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of Manhattan snapping images and documenting landmarks and important new architectural masterpieces, such as the Singer Building (1908), the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Tower (1909), and the Woolworth Building (1913)—each of which succeeded the other as the world’s tallest building at the time of their respective completion. Also celebrated were the engineering feats of the Brooklyn Bridge and the elevated trains and early subway, as well as popular amusements such as the original Madison Square Garden and the Hippodrome, which occupied an entire city block at Longacre Square—since renamed Times Square. Scenic views of the city from a distance were equally popular—and in fact led to the coining of the word "skyline" in 1896. This charming keepsake volume is the perfect souvenir for architecture and history buffs and makes a wonderful gift.
Author : Jeffrey L. Meikle
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 643 pages
File Size : 47,26 MB
Release : 2016-01-20
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1477308601
This illustrated history of the colorized linen postcards of the 1930s and ’40s is “an incredible tour . . . A veritable treasure trove of American culture” (Crave Online). From the Great Depression through the early postwar years, any postcard sent in America was more than likely a “linen” card. Colorized in vivid, often exaggerated hues and printed on card stock embossed with a linen-like texture, linen postcards celebrated the American scene with views of majestic landscapes, modern cityscapes, roadside attractions, and other notable features. These colorful images portrayed the United States as shimmering with promise, quite unlike the black-and-white worlds of documentary photography or Life magazine. Linen postcards were enormously popular, with close to a billion printed and sold. Postcard America offers the first comprehensive study of these cards and their cultural significance. Drawing on the production files of Curt Teich & Co. of Chicago, the originator of linen postcards, Jeffrey L. Meikle reveals how photographic views were transformed into colorized postcard images—often by means of manipulation—adding and deleting details or collaging bits and pieces from several photos. He presents two extensive portfolios of postcards—landscapes and cityscapes—that comprise a representative iconography of linen postcard views. For each image, Meikle explains the postcard’s subject, describes aspects of its production, and places it in social and cultural contexts. In the concluding chapter, he shifts from historical interpretation to a contemporary viewpoint, considering nostalgia as a motive for collectors and others who are fascinated today by these striking images.
