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Greetings from Alabama: A Pictorial History in Vintage Postcards: From the Wade Hall Collection of Historical Picture Postcards from Alabama
ISBN: 9781588383204 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Although he was a native of Bullock County, Alabama, Wade Hall -- teacher, writer, poet, critic, interviewer, folklorist, and documentarian -- spent most of his fifty-year career in Kentucky. But he was never emotionally far from his home as evidenced by his passion for collecting vintage Alabama postcards. In his lifetime he amassed 10,000, which he then graciously gave to the University of Alabama Libraries and Troy University in a large joint bequest that also included rare books, quilts, folk art, letters and more. These postcards date from the late 1800s to the mid-20th century and offer...
Although he was a native of Bullock County, Alabama, Wade Hall -- teacher, writer, poet, critic, interviewer, folklorist, and documentarian -- spent m...
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103,74 zł |
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Clearfield
ISBN: 9780738511139 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. |
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91,43 zł |
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Black Hills and Badlands in Vintage Postcards
ISBN: 9780738519647 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. As soon as postcards appeared for sale in the early 1900s, Black Hills residents and visitors began sending them to friends and family across the country. The images and messages on these cards now form a historical record of the towns, mines, ranches, and people that made up the Black Hills and Badlands region. The postcard images chosen for this book show the development of the Black Hills and Badlands from the gold rush to modern times. Long-time residents will enjoy seeing what familiar places looked like in bygone days, while newcomers can learn how today's tourist attractions developed...
As soon as postcards appeared for sale in the early 1900s, Black Hills residents and visitors began sending them to friends and family across the coun...
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91,43 zł |
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Postcards from World War II: Sights and Sentiments from the Second World War
ISBN: 9780757001024 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. These unique full-color books capture the events and emotions of times gone by through beautiful postcard images, personal messages, and captivating text. Each book is designed to bring alive not only the sights of the last century, but also the sentiments--whether those of a young actress telling her family that she's landed a job with Rudy Vallee's revue, or of an army corporal letting his friend know that he'll be discharged by Christmas 1941. Perfect as mementos, pictorial histories, and gifts, the Postcards From . . . Series transports you back in time, allowing you to... These unique full-color books capture the events and emotions of times gone by through beautiful postcard images, personal messages, and captivatin... |
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62,16 zł |
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Greetings from Tucson: A Postcard History of the Old Pueblo
ISBN: 9781418467586 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Anyone living or visiting Tucson holds a fascination for this eclectic southwestern city that offers up so much in the way of natural beauty and an interesting history. Tucson is a city that reflects a diverse cultural past that is much more than the pretty mountains ringing the city, so time for locals and visitors to take a fanciful trip down memory lane using a unique medium of the picture postcard. This colorful book contains over 150 postcard images covering some of the Old Pueblo's most loved tourist destinations, the University of Arizona, cultural institutions, Native Americans,...
Anyone living or visiting Tucson holds a fascination for this eclectic southwestern city that offers up so much in the way of natural beauty and an in...
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140,33 zł |
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Jamestown Exposition; Light on the Past
ISBN: 9781425991999 / Angielski / Miękka / 116 str. This book of picture post cards illustrates the 1907 Jamestown Exposition. The event was established to celebrate the three hundred years of America's existence in a fitting manner. The event included the entire nation as well as countries around the world. There are one hundred and thirty-five picture post cards in this booklet; showing the houses contributed by the twenty-one States, and the Exhibition buildings with historical items from their home state. Many of the exhibitions displayed untold treasures some of which are described in this booklet. And, some of which still exist on the...
This book of picture post cards illustrates the 1907 Jamestown Exposition. The event was established to celebrate the three hundred years of America's...
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197,67 zł |
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Greetings from Houston
ISBN: 9780764326530 / Angielski / Miękka / 110 str. Houston, the largest city in Texas, has always been a dynamic metropolis, filled with historic and economic significance as well as cultural charm. Journey into its past over 190 picturesque vintage postcards with images from the early twentieth century. The pride of Houston is clearly displayed in hand-tinted cards that depict the monument of Sam Houston, the city's name sake, and the San Jacinto Memorial that memorializes an important battle in the Texas Revolution. View the magnificent Gulf and Esperson buildings, the Hermann and Sam Houston parks, and the lovely scenes ranging from the...
Houston, the largest city in Texas, has always been a dynamic metropolis, filled with historic and economic significance as well as cultural charm. Jo...
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112,22 zł |
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Newport Mansions: Postcards of the Gilded Age
ISBN: 9780764324970 / Angielski / Miękka / 111 str. Newport, Rhode Island, nicknamed "The Queen of Resorts," has been celebrated in beautiful postcard portrayals for over a hundred years. Today, these vintage cards illuminate the glories of the Gilded Age, when huge mansions or "cottages" built by competing industrialists blossomed along Bellevue Avenue and The Cliff Walk, turning a once-quiet New England watering hole into the apex of nouveau riche destinations. With most Newport cards depicting images of these fabulous mansions, they illustrate pictorially how the new "American royalty" spent their leisure time and their wealth. This...
Newport, Rhode Island, nicknamed "The Queen of Resorts," has been celebrated in beautiful postcard portrayals for over a hundred years. Today, these v...
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103,74 zł |
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Memories of Memphis: A History in Postcards
ISBN: 9780764322884 / Angielski / Miękka / 126 str. Founded on a bluff overlooking the mighty Mississippi River, Memphis, Tennessee has been known as the city of "white gold" (for the cotton shipped from its waterfront), "home of the blues," and the "birthplace of rock 'n roll." Tourists from around the world flock to see historic Beale Street and no visit is complete without a tour of Graceland, Elvis Presley's home. In addition, Memphis has become a Mecca for historians and tourists interested in immersing themselves in the history of the civil rights movement in the United States. Over 250 vintage postcards, most from the early to mid-20th...
Founded on a bluff overlooking the mighty Mississippi River, Memphis, Tennessee has been known as the city of "white gold" (for the cotton shipped fro...
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88,88 zł |
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Colonial Beach, Virginia: Playground of the Potomac
ISBN: 9780764328084 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. The steamboat St. Johns has just brought you down the Potomac from Washington. The boardwalk is only steps away. Fun awaits Enjoy your stay Colonial Beach, Virginia, was the premier summer resort on the Potomac River, attracting visitors from Virginia, Washington D.C., and Maryland by the thousands. Discover how Colonial Beach got its start and learn its exciting and colorful history, from bathing belles to slot machines. Over 280 vintage postcard views, from 1905 to the 1960s, guide you back to an earlier time at the beach and around town. Included are arriving steamboats, the boardwalk,...
The steamboat St. Johns has just brought you down the Potomac from Washington. The boardwalk is only steps away. Fun awaits Enjoy your stay Colonial...
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112,22 zł |
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Greetings from Hampton Roads, Virginia
ISBN: 9780764328367 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. This book is a celebration of the history of Hampton Roads and the lower Tidewater region of the Chesapeake Bay. It showcases 525 brilliant color photos, vintage postcards, and historic memorabilia of the area. towns from the mouth of the bay, including Cape Charles and Cape Henry, to Hampton Roads. Newport News is known for shipbuilding, Hampton for seafood, Suffolk for peanuts, Portsmouth for its military shipyard, and Norfolk for its mighty naval base, and the resorts of Buckroe Beach and Ocean View are playgrounds for them all.
This book is a celebration of the history of Hampton Roads and the lower Tidewater region of the Chesapeake Bay. It showcases 525 brilliant color phot...
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159,00 zł |
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Greetings from Krampus: 24 Assorted Postcards
ISBN: 9780867198201 / Angielski / Other At last a high-quality full-color boxed set of Krampus postcards. Each of the twenty-four numbered collectible postcards features a dazzling full-color scene of Krampus and is printed on 4 x 8 inch sturdy card stock. In the early Christmas folklore of Europe, Krampus was St. Nikolaus' dark servant a hairy, horned, supernatural beast whose pointed ears and long, slithering tongue gave misbehavers the creeps Whereas St. Nickolaus would reward children who'd been good all year with small gifts and treats, those who had behaved badly were reprimanded by Krampus This set includes misbehaving...
At last a high-quality full-color boxed set of Krampus postcards. Each of the twenty-four numbered collectible postcards features a dazzling full-colo...
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65,45 zł |
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Creepy Krampus Sticker Book No.2: 72 Reusable Stickers for Naughty Girls & Boys of All Ages
ISBN: 9780867198195 / Angielski / Miękka / 16 str. The second full-color large-format sticker book of creepy and compelling Krampus scenes culled from early 20th-century postcards. Seventy-two striking, removable stickers that will delight good boys and girls and frighten the bad. In the early Christmas folklore of Europe, Krampus was St. Nikolaus' dark servant a hairy, horned, supernatural beast whose pointed ears and long, slithering tongue gave misbehavers the creeps Whereas St. Nickolaus would reward children who'd been good all year with small gifts and treats, those who had behaved badly were reprimanded by Krampus A perfect stocking...
The second full-color large-format sticker book of creepy and compelling Krampus scenes culled from early 20th-century postcards. Seventy-two striking...
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41,37 zł |
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Beauty and the Beast: Human-Animal Relations as Revealed in Real Photo Postcards, 1905-1935
ISBN: 9780815609810 / Angielski / Twarda / 276 str. From fairy tales to photography, nowhere is the complexity of human-animal relationships more apparent than in the creative arts. Art illuminates the nature and significance of animals in modern, Western thought, capturing the complicated union that has long existed between the animal kingdom and us. In Beauty and the Beast, authors Arluke and Bogdan explore this relationship through the unique lens of photo postcards. This visual medium offers an enormous and relatively untapped archive to compelling document their subject."
From fairy tales to photography, nowhere is the complexity of human-animal relationships more apparent than in the creative arts. Art illuminates the ...
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166,11 zł |
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Ancient Stones on Old Postcards
ISBN: 9780956188632 / Angielski / Miękka / 214 str. The Victorian and Edwardian age produced a selection of great postcards of Old Stone monuments and prehistoric remains in the English countryside. Here are produced for the first time the best of them from Jerry Bird's classic collection which he has spent a lifetime building and now at last shares with us. For the traveller to England this will be an ideal companion for the Antiquarian explorer, Pilgrim or Druid as well as the everyday enthusiast. Every page has a full size reproduction of an original card with an essay on the subject shown and map references and description of how to find...
The Victorian and Edwardian age produced a selection of great postcards of Old Stone monuments and prehistoric remains in the English countryside. Her...
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60,76 zł |
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Victorian Valentines Postcard Book
ISBN: 9781595834539 / Angielski / Novelty / 30 str. In "Victorian Valentines," certain images recur frequently. Hearts figure prominently. The Victorians loved all things floral, so many blooms adorn these postcards, many published before 1910.
In "Victorian Valentines," certain images recur frequently. Hearts figure prominently. The Victorians loved all things floral, so many blooms adorn th...
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45,53 zł |
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Picturing Illinois: Twentieth-Century Postcard Art from Chicago to Cairo
ISBN: 9780252036828 / Angielski / Twarda / 202 str. The American picture postcard debuted around the start of the twentieth century, creating an enthusiasm for sending and collecting postcard art that continued for decades. As a form of popular culture, scenic postcards strongly influenced how Americans conceptualized both faraway and nearby places through portrayals of landscapes, buildings, and historic sites. In this gloriously illustrated history of the picture postcard in Illinois, John A. Jakle and Keith A. Sculle study a rich and diverse set of images that chronicle what Illinoisans considered attractive, intriguing, and memorable.... The American picture postcard debuted around the start of the twentieth century, creating an enthusiasm for sending and collecting postcard art tha... |
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135,08 zł |
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Postcard Collector
ISBN: 9781440234989 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. You'll Love This If:
In This Postcard Collector Guide You'll Find:
You'll Love This If:
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62,33 zł |
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Portrait of Route 66: Images from the Curt Teich Postcard Archives
ISBN: 9780806153414 / Angielski / Twarda / 280 str. By the time Route 66 received its official numerical designation in 1926, picture postcards had become popular travel souvenirs. At the time, these postcards with colorful images served as advertisements for roadside businesses. While cherished by collectors, these postcard depictions do not always reflect reality. They often present instead a view enhanced for promotional purposes. Portrait of Route 66 lets us see for the first time the actual photographs from which the postcards were made, and in describing how the production process worked, introduces us to an... By the time Route 66 received its official numerical designation in 1926, picture postcards had become popular travel souvenirs. At the time, t... |
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145,32 zł |
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Maine on Glass: The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photography
ISBN: 9780884483786 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Nineteenth-century Maine--famed for its lumbering, shipbuilding, and seafaring--has attracted copious attention from historians, but early twentieth-century Maine has not. Maine on Glass redresses this imbalance with 190 postcard photos and three of Maine's foremost historians. MWPA Maine Literary Award Finalist John N. Cole Award for Maine-Themed Nonfiction Nineteenth-century Maine--famed for its lumbering, shipbuilding, and seafaring--has attracted copious attention from historians, but early twentiet... |
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124,53 zł |
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