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Author: Monte Beauchamp
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781560978718
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The sequel to 2004's hugely popular The Devil in Design, featuring 18th and 19th century Krampus postcards. It is a fascinating, full-colour compendium of extremely rare devil postcards culled from key postcard collections from around the world, spanning 1898 through to the 1950s. The book is lavishly illustrated, with over 150 striking and stylised full-page examples.
Author: Tony Seddon
Publisher:
Published: 2015-02-01
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780500241479
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →What is a true 1950s look, as opposed to a 1930s or 1940s look? This book aims to address that question by thoroughly surveying the development of graphic design over the course of the 20th century. Timelines for each decade highlight key moments, styles and movements, while profiles of thirty influential graphic designers three per decade are interspersed throughout the book.
Author: Marty Noble
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2014-08-20
Total Pages: 37
ISBN-13: 0486791890
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Derived from rare sources, 31 timeless images re-create authentic holiday greeting cards featuring smiling Santas, cherubic children, decorated trees, snowy scenes, and other traditional motifs. Previously published as Vintage Christmas Greetings Coloring Book.
Author: New York Public Library
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2018-10-16
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1250297419
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A treasure trove of vintage Christmas cards, 100 Christmas Wishes is the perfect holiday treat from the New York Public Library. Every year as the days grow shorter, amidst the holly, cookies, and carols there is another timeless holiday tradition—sending and receiving Christmas cards to and from those you love. 100 Christmas Wishes is a collection of vintage holiday cards, all from the archives of the New York Public Library. The Library houses one of the greatest collections of early Christmas postcards from around the world with thousands of cards depicting every imaginable holiday scene. Archivists selected one hundred of the best cards from the extensive collection to share in 100 Christmas Wishes. From the elegant, gilded Santa Clauses and statuesque angels, to yuletide still lifes, tumbling tots and puppies with bows round their necks, each card is a beautiful celebration of the holiday season. The book also includes six perforated postcards with reproductions of the designs so you too can share a vintage Christmas wish with friends and family on your list. As Rosanne Cash, a patron and friend of the Library as well as a devoted fan of Christmas cards, says in her introduction “This collection of early Christmas postcards, housed for a century in the New York Public Library archives, distills those abiding wishes for the holidays from revelers from long ago and faraway, in a wish for peace, joy, magic, bounty, family, and for light to be shone ‘round the world at Christmas, past and future.’”
Author: Wade Hall
Publisher: NewSouth Books
Published: 2016-09-01
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1588383202
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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 a fascinating and diverse picture of the state. The meaning of postcards that could be purchased as a travel souvenir is largely forgotten today when cameras are commonplace. But the value of Hall's stunning collection cannot be missed. The some 400 cards featured in Greetings from Alabama are revealing of scenes familiar and rare. From Birmingham's Vulcan to Mobile's Bellingrath Gardens, from Enterprise's boll weevil monument to Huntsville's rockets, from Helen Keller's home to William Rufus King's resting place, the scenes offer captivating glimpses of Alabama history.
Author: Scott Faragher
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780738505602
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Postcards are an important element of understanding our past, for they provide future generations a rare glimpse into a world that many times has disappeared under the aegis of expansion and progress. This book, containing over 175 vintage postcards, allows readers to see one of the South's most historic cities as it looked in the earlier part of the twentieth century--a time when the city was experiencing unparalleled growth. Memphis contains scenes of early river commerce, images of many historic hotels, such as the Peabody Hotel and Hotel Claridge, postcards of significant commercial buildings, as well as examples of the rapid development of downtown, showcasing Beale Street, Madison Avenue, and Main Street.
Author: Bob Richter
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016-07-01
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 149302213X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Very Vintage Christmas embodies the nostalgia and sentimentality associated with the holiday season. Vintage ornaments, lights, decorations, cards and wrapping all conjure up happy memories of Christmases past and serve as tangible mementos of holidays shared with family and friends. In fact, finding these objects, decorating with them and sharing them with others brings an instant feeling of comfort and joy. Coupled with beautiful photographs, tips on collecting, and secret shopping haunts, A Very Vintage Christmas offers a 360-degree look at holiday décor in America and gives suggestions on how to make vintage finds work for today’s audience. While each chapter of A Very Vintage Christmas is unique, there is a common thread that runs through them all: the love of beautiful holiday decorations, and the interest in their history, value, and preservation. The book helps the everyday collector and enthusiast to build their own collection and offers tips on how to make the most of what they’ve got.
Author: Robin Chapman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 0738518328
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"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 Park's 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: Balchin
Publisher: Search Press Limited
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1781267812
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Provides step-by-step, photo-illustrated instructions for making eighteen vintage greeting cards, and covers twelve techniques, such as rubber stamping, beading, and paper pricking.
Author: Christine P. Crews
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-06-30
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9781533538123
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Postcards became popular at the turn of the 20th Century for sending greetings to relatives and friends, and from its beginning St. Petersburg, Florida has been a favorite tourist destination famed for its perpetual sunshine pulling people to the community as an ideal place to live. With this fascinating new book St. Pete native, Christine P. Crews, presents an informative narrative that showcases more than one hundred vintage postcard images and messages from St. Pete as these vintage postcards survive as telling reminders of an important era in Florida's heritage.
