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>From: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>vic kowal
>To: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 9:26 AM
>Subject: postcards
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>I am displaying historic postcards and I was wondering if anyone can tell
>me where I can find information/resources about the history of postcards.
There is a pretty good meta-site at
http://www.library.arizona.edu/users/mount/postcard.html
In particular, the bibliography at
http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/Resort/5450/books.html
offers such potential gems as
Baeder, John: Gas, Food and Lodging: A Postcard Odyssey Through the Great
American Roadside. New York: Abbeville Press, 1982.
Baldwin, Brooke: "On the Verso: Postcard Messages as a Key to Popular
Prejudices" Journal of Popular Culture, Vol. 220, Issue 3, Winter 1998,
pages 15-28.
Bonynge, Richard: A Collector's Guide to Theatrical Postcards. London, 1988.
Booth, Christine and John Fosbery: Cat Artists from A-Z. A Select List of
Postcard Illustrators. Bristol, 1996.
Cope, Dawn and Peter: Illustrators of Postcards from the Nursery. 1978.
Levy, Ted: "Wish you were here: Postcards Across America!" Social
Education, 61(5), 1997, pp. 290-292.
Ryan, Dorothy: Picture Postcards in the United States, 1893-1918. NYC:
Potter, 1982, 1978.
Willoughby, Martin: A History of Postcards. Secaucus, NJ: The Wellfleet
Press, 1992.
and many more!
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