[PDF.23pq] Postcards of the Night: Views of American Cities

Postcards of the Night: Views of American Cities

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 | #3188690 in Books |  Museum of New Mexico Press |  2003-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  .70 x9.40 x8.24l, | File type: PDF | 124 pages

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||1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Insights into the American landscape.|By Gary Sprandel|This book is a step above the normal postcard book, by providing social interpretation of the scenes depicted. Through 82 postcards published from 1905 - 1975, Dr. Jakle offers insights into the American view of the city at night. At the start of the period this was an era when lighting became prevalent, and saw a transit

Illustrated with eighty vintage city postcards made between the turn of the twentieth century and through the 1970's (with the emphasis on the first four decades), historical geographer, John A Jakle turns his attention to early-twentieth-century nocturnal views of America's cities and to the role of the picture postcard in popular culture. 'Postcard images', the author writes, "offered important visual 'fixes' -- mental templates for visualising cities -- the vista of a...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Postcards of the Night: Views of American Cities   |  John A. Jakle.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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