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As We Were: American Photographic Postcards, 1905-1930

Categorie	Fotografie (Kunst)
Boeknummer	#329602-ZA13
Titel	As We Were: American Photographic Postcards, 1905-1930
Auteur	Vaule, Rosamond B.
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Boston, MA : David R. Godine
Jaar van uitgave	2004
ISBN10	1567922503
ISBN13	9781567922509
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original half cloth boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, richly illustrated with b/w postcards, 8vo.
Samenvatting	The American photographic postcard brought photography to the masses; the cards were affordable, they were topical, and they could be sent for a penny anywhere in the country. The variety of imagery, much of it developed anonymously in small studios, much of it taken by inspired amateurs, displays America in all its variety and vitality. Rosamond Vaule has selected the best of them, from all over the country, addressing their social and historical contexts, explaining the mysteries of their manufacture and dissemination, and describing the characteristics and identities of their makers, many of whose names and studios are listed in the book. But without doubt, it is the images themselves that still hold us: storefronts and townships, frisky children and sober adults, air ships and barn rai... (Lees verder)sings. Over one hundred are reproduced here, each in fine-line duotone, each as fascinating and compelling today as when first fixed on paper.
Pagina's	215
Conditie	Goed — Small tear in dust jacket, repaired.
Prijs	€ 15,00

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