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Walker County, Alabama

by Pat Morrison ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Walker County is a unique place inhabited by a unique people. Characters including George "Goober" Lindsey, Tallulah Bankhead, Sybil Gibson, and Eric "Butterbean" Esch, and communities including Cordova, Carbon Hill, and Day's Gap and Horse Creek-or as we know them today, Oakman and Dora-have all contributed to the county's rich history. In this volume of vintage postcard images, readers will ... Read more

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Walker County is a unique place inhabited by a unique people. Characters including George "Goober" Lindsey, Tallulah Bankhead, Sybil Gibson, and Eric "Butterbean" Esch, and communities including Cordova, Carbon Hill, and Day's Gap and Horse Creek-or as we know them today, Oakman and Dora-have all contributed to the county's rich history. In this volume of vintage postcard images, readers will
... Read more
Postcards

True Stories That Never Happened

Edited by Jason Rodriguez ...

“The inventive writers and illustrators who crafted these transporting stories just may convince you to trash your BlackBerry and buy some stamps.”–Frank Warren, author of PostSecretYou’ve seen them at flea markets and in antique shops and used-book stores across the country: Vintage postcards inscribed with handwritten notes, evocative messages that capture a thought, an expression, a concern, a ... Read more

$4.99 USD

“The inventive writers and illustrators who crafted these transporting stories just may convince you to trash your BlackBerry and buy some stamps.”–Frank Warren, author of PostSecretYou’ve seen them at flea markets and in antique shops and used-book stores across the country: Vintage postcards inscribed with handwritten notes, evocative messages that capture a thought, an expression, a concern, a
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The Post Office Girls

Book One in a heartwarming and uplifting new wartime saga series

by Poppy Cooper ...

With the Great War raging, can they keep Britain going?On Beth Healey's eighteenth birthday, she hopes that she will be able to forget the ghastly war and celebrate. But that evening, her twin brother Ned announces that he has signed up to fight.No longer able to stand working in her parents' village shop while others are doing their bit, Beth applies to join the Army Post Office's new Home Depot ... Read more

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With the Great War raging, can they keep Britain going?On Beth Healey's eighteenth birthday, she hopes that she will be able to forget the ghastly war and celebrate. But that evening, her twin brother Ned announces that he has signed up to fight.No longer able to stand working in her parents' village shop while others are doing their bit, Beth applies to join the Army Post Office's new Home Depot
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Along the Perkiomen

by Jerry A. Chiccarine ...

Series series Postcard History Series
The Perkiomen Creek is a picturesque stream that drains a major portion of western Montgomery County. It begins just beyond the northern borders of the county and travels south. The creek empties into the Schuylkill River at the county's lower border. The old Perkiomen Railroad closely followed the same path. Along the Perkiomen showcases postcards of the Perkiomen Valley in Montgomery County as ... Read more

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The Perkiomen Creek is a picturesque stream that drains a major portion of western Montgomery County. It begins just beyond the northern borders of the county and travels south. The creek empties into the Schuylkill River at the county's lower border. The old Perkiomen Railroad closely followed the same path. Along the Perkiomen showcases postcards of the Perkiomen Valley in Montgomery County as
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Homestead and Mifflin Township

by Jim Hartman, Homestead and Mifflin Township Historical Society ...

Series series Postcard History
Homestead and Mifflin Township shows an era of days gone by through the medium of postcards. Mifflin Township was one of the seven original townships when Allegheny County was formed, and it covered the Monongahela River as well as the present-day communities of Clairton, Duquesne, Dravosburg, Hays, Homestead, Jefferson Hills, Lincoln Place, Munhall, Pleasant Hills, West Elizabeth, West Homestead, ... Read more

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Homestead and Mifflin Township shows an era of days gone by through the medium of postcards. Mifflin Township was one of the seven original townships when Allegheny County was formed, and it covered the Monongahela River as well as the present-day communities of Clairton, Duquesne, Dravosburg, Hays, Homestead, Jefferson Hills, Lincoln Place, Munhall, Pleasant Hills, West Elizabeth, West Homestead,
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Postcard America

Curt Teich and the Imaging of a Nation, 1931–1950

by Jeffrey L. Meikle ...

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 ... Read more

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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
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Malden

by Malden Historical Society ...

Series series Postcard History Series
By the turn of the 20th century, Malden had become a fairly large city and was home to wealthy families, immigrants, and workers. Farms disappeared as factories and businesses of all types and sizes grew. Elisha Converse, the city's first mayor and founder of the Boston Rubber Shoe Company, left his mark on Malden by funding a public library and hospital and designating land for development of ... Read more

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By the turn of the 20th century, Malden had become a fairly large city and was home to wealthy families, immigrants, and workers. Farms disappeared as factories and businesses of all types and sizes grew. Elisha Converse, the city's first mayor and founder of the Boston Rubber Shoe Company, left his mark on Malden by funding a public library and hospital and designating land for development of
... Read more
Southwest Georgia in Vintage Postcards

by Gary L. Doster ...

Series series Postcard History Series
From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this 'golden age' can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers travelled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to ... Read more

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From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this 'golden age' can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers travelled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to
... Read more
Waco, Texas A Postcard Journey

by Agnes Warren Barnes ...

Series series Postcard History Series
From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this 'golden age' can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busystreet scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local townspeople only too happy ... Read more

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From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this 'golden age' can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busystreet scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local townspeople only too happy
... Read more
Photography in Japan 1853-1912

A Language Study Guide for K-Pop and K-Drama Fans with Online Audio Recordings by K-Drama Star Lee Joon-gi!

by Terry Bennett ...

K-Drama star Lee Joon-gi teams up with Language Learning Experts to bring you this all-in-one guide for beginners who want to learn Korean as it's actually spoken in Seoul today!Korean is one of the fastest-growing second languages in the world, due to the huge popularity of Korean pop music, food and K-dramas. This book is designed to meet the needs of people who want to learn the language ... Read more

$21.59 USD

K-Drama star Lee Joon-gi teams up with Language Learning Experts to bring you this all-in-one guide for beginners who want to learn Korean as it's actually spoken in Seoul today!Korean is one of the fastest-growing second languages in the world, due to the huge popularity of Korean pop music, food and K-dramas. This book is designed to meet the needs of people who want to learn the language
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Euclides da Cunha: Cartas Selecionadas

by Euclides da Cunha ...

Euclides da Cunha (1866-1909) é considerado um dos maiores escritores brasileiros de todos os tempos. Autor de "Os Sertões", sua obra mais famosa, Euclides foi um autor completo, dedicando-se ao romance, à crônica, ao ensaio e à reportagem. Seu trabalho mais conhecido, "Os Sertões", é uma obra monumental que mistura elementos de história, sociologia, geografia e literatura, oferecendo um retrato ... Read more

$1.90 USD

Euclides da Cunha (1866-1909) é considerado um dos maiores escritores brasileiros de todos os tempos. Autor de "Os Sertões", sua obra mais famosa, Euclides foi um autor completo, dedicando-se ao romance, à crônica, ao ensaio e à reportagem. Seu trabalho mais conhecido, "Os Sertões", é uma obra monumental que mistura elementos de história, sociologia, geografia e literatura, oferecendo um retrato
... Read more
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Dante Alighieri

by Gatenby ...

Series Book 1 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Dante AlighieriDante Alighieri :A huge selection of vintage images from the 1890's up to the 1960's. The postcards show the man alone as imagined by a variety of artists, with his great love Beatrice, and even as an advocate of the fascist cause in WWII. With extensive biographical text and captions giving dates and ... Read more

$14.29 USD

Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Dante AlighieriDante Alighieri :A huge selection of vintage images from the 1890's up to the 1960's. The postcards show the man alone as imagined by a variety of artists, with his great love Beatrice, and even as an advocate of the fascist cause in WWII. With extensive biographical text and captions giving dates and
... Read more
Postcard Collector

by barbara Andrews ...

An exciting overview of the manufacturers, design and subject matter used in 19th and 20th century American postcards. ... Read more

$9.99 USD

An exciting overview of the manufacturers, design and subject matter used in 19th and 20th century American postcards.
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Authorized Images

Volume One

by Greg Gatenby ...

Series Book 1 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Omnibus Edition
The Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Omnibus Edition is Comprised of 5 VolumesThe Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Volume 1[Introduction to (and History of) Literary Picture Postcards]Volume One of Authorized Images is a comprehensive history of how the picture postcard came into existence. The Introduction ... Read more

$35.99 USD

The Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Omnibus Edition is Comprised of 5 VolumesThe Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Volume 1[Introduction to (and History of) Literary Picture Postcards]Volume One of Authorized Images is a comprehensive history of how the picture postcard came into existence. The Introduction
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Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

William Shakespeare

by Gatenby ...

Series Book 2 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare:hundreds of postcards, most over a century old, illustrating the life of the Bard, from his birth through to his burial, along with cards showing his family, his life in London, the statues raised in his honour, and dozens of painted scenes from his plays. ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare:hundreds of postcards, most over a century old, illustrating the life of the Bard, from his birth through to his burial, along with cards showing his family, his life in London, the statues raised in his honour, and dozens of painted scenes from his plays.
... Read more
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Ludovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, Giovanni Boccaccio, Pietro Aretino

by Gatenby ...

Series Book 23 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsLudovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, Giovanni Boccaccio, Pietro AretinoThis quartet of classic Italian literary masters features the majority of antique and vintage postcards related to each author. The largest selection belongs to Boccaccio, long the most popular of these writers, both with Italians and foreigners, his ... Read more

$18.99 USD

Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsLudovico Ariosto, Torquato Tasso, Giovanni Boccaccio, Pietro AretinoThis quartet of classic Italian literary masters features the majority of antique and vintage postcards related to each author. The largest selection belongs to Boccaccio, long the most popular of these writers, both with Italians and foreigners, his
... Read more
New London

by Lawrence Keating, Catherine Keating ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Founded in 1646 and known as "the Whaling City," New London has played an important role in American history since Colonial days. Its natural harbor at the mouth of the Thames River connects the city to the sea. Around the turn of the 20th century, New London flourished as the hub of southeastern Connecticut. With roots as one of the main ports for the whaling industry, the city became home to a ... Read more

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Founded in 1646 and known as "the Whaling City," New London has played an important role in American history since Colonial days. Its natural harbor at the mouth of the Thames River connects the city to the sea. Around the turn of the 20th century, New London flourished as the hub of southeastern Connecticut. With roots as one of the main ports for the whaling industry, the city became home to a
... Read more
Wawarsing

by Pamela Kuhlmann ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Established in 1806, the town of Wawarsing is located in the beautiful Shawangunk Mountains in Ulster County. The town is comprised of many small hamlets, as well as the village of Ellenville. The abundance of mountain streams provided electricity to run factories, and in the early 1900s, these communities were flourishing. The Delaware and Hudson Canal opened in 1828 and provided a venue for ... Read more

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Established in 1806, the town of Wawarsing is located in the beautiful Shawangunk Mountains in Ulster County. The town is comprised of many small hamlets, as well as the village of Ellenville. The abundance of mountain streams provided electricity to run factories, and in the early 1900s, these communities were flourishing. The Delaware and Hudson Canal opened in 1828 and provided a venue for
... Read more
Postcards from the Río Bravo Border

Picturing the Place, Placing the Picture, 1900s–1950s

by Daniel D. Arreola ...

A history in postcards of Mexican tourist towns in the first half of the twentieth century, with nearly two hundred illustrations.Between 1900 and the late 1950s, Mexican border towns came of age both as tourist destinations—in some cases by luring Americans who wanted to escape Prohibition—and as emerging cities. Commercial photographers produced thousands of images of their streets, plazas, ... Read more

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A history in postcards of Mexican tourist towns in the first half of the twentieth century, with nearly two hundred illustrations.Between 1900 and the late 1950s, Mexican border towns came of age both as tourist destinations—in some cases by luring Americans who wanted to escape Prohibition—and as emerging cities. Commercial photographers produced thousands of images of their streets, plazas,
... Read more
Allentown

by Kevin S. Gildner ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Allentown is many things to many different people. It is a historical city, a city of churches, a city of immigrants, and a place that values hard work, education, and recreation. This is a city with rich and unique stories to tell. Allentown captures historical stories such as the hiding of the Liberty Bell, early railroad and canal transportation, and the training of World War I ambulance ... Read more

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Allentown is many things to many different people. It is a historical city, a city of churches, a city of immigrants, and a place that values hard work, education, and recreation. This is a city with rich and unique stories to tell. Allentown captures historical stories such as the hiding of the Liberty Bell, early railroad and canal transportation, and the training of World War I ambulance
... Read more
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Miguel de Cervantes and Luis de Camões

by Gatenby ...

Series Book 11 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images: Iberian Duo- Miguel de Cervantes, Luis de CamõesThough the Spanish author Cervantes is much more celebrated internationally than his Portuguese counterpart Luid de Camões, it is an oddity of postcard history that the latter was feted far more in his country than the creator of Don Quixote was in his. Nonetheless, this book gives today's reader a comprehensive look at the ... Read more

$9.99 USD

Authorized Images: Iberian Duo- Miguel de Cervantes, Luis de CamõesThough the Spanish author Cervantes is much more celebrated internationally than his Portuguese counterpart Luid de Camões, it is an oddity of postcard history that the latter was feted far more in his country than the creator of Don Quixote was in his. Nonetheless, this book gives today's reader a comprehensive look at the
... Read more
Tennessee Valley Authority in Vintage Postcards

by Mark Allen Stevenson ...

Series series Postcard History Series
Created by the federal government in 1933 to revitalize a region twice the size of New England, the Tennessee Valley Authority began as an experiment of unprecedented proportions. Seen here through picture postcards, the dramatic achievements of the TVA take on a personal aspect, as individuals visit the hydroelectric projects and enjoy the newly created recreational opportunities. Tangible ... Read more

$12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Created by the federal government in 1933 to revitalize a region twice the size of New England, the Tennessee Valley Authority began as an experiment of unprecedented proportions. Seen here through picture postcards, the dramatic achievements of the TVA take on a personal aspect, as individuals visit the hydroelectric projects and enjoy the newly created recreational opportunities. Tangible
... Read more
Ventura

by Glenda J. Jackson ...

Series series Postcard History Series
The city of Ventura traces its heritage back to the founding of Mission San Buenaventura in March 1782. The intervening eras have seen cattle drives down Main Street, revival tents in the marshy area now known as Pierpont, and the days when the Ventura trolley was the quickest way around town. The attractive images in this postcard tour through bygone times also include the stately Schiappapietra ... Read more

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The city of Ventura traces its heritage back to the founding of Mission San Buenaventura in March 1782. The intervening eras have seen cattle drives down Main Street, revival tents in the marshy area now known as Pierpont, and the days when the Ventura trolley was the quickest way around town. The attractive images in this postcard tour through bygone times also include the stately Schiappapietra
... Read more
Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Franz Grillparzer

by Greg Gatenby ...

Series Book 14 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Franz GrillparzerWhile hardly a household name in the English-speaking world, Bjørnson was-and remains-an immensely important literary figure in the Nordic world, a rival in popularity to his Norwegian compatriot Hendrik Ibsen. Grillparzer, likewise, though little known outside Europe, was widely ... Read more

$4.99 USD

Authorized Images Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards: Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Franz GrillparzerWhile hardly a household name in the English-speaking world, Bjørnson was-and remains-an immensely important literary figure in the Nordic world, a rival in popularity to his Norwegian compatriot Hendrik Ibsen. Grillparzer, likewise, though little known outside Europe, was widely
... Read more

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