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Fiesta City captures San Antonio's centuries old rich celebratory lifestyle. It is a city known for its festivals, celebrations, and rich mix of civil and cultural events. Once the largest city in Texas, from the 1888 San Antonio Fair and International Exposition to Hemisfair in the 1960s, the city has always sought to put itself in the international spotlight. But, day to day, the locals have enjoyed wonderful, if not sometimes quirky, parks such as the San Perdo Electric Park. Featured is the...

Times are tough. But theres no need to despair! Inside this postcard collection are 30 motivational messages from yesteryear that have relevance for everyone today. From growing your own food, healthy eating and saving gas, rubber, water and paper to repairing clothes, there are dozens of postcards here that will inspire even the most world-weary and economically depressed. The images come from a range of public information posters from the 1930s up to the Sixties. There are homefront war...

Coming of Age presents the early history of the Army Service Corps of the British Army by means of a unique collection of some 540 images, mainly contemporary postcards. The conduct of war changed dramatically in the late Victorian era, after the debacle in the Crimean War and humiliating setbacks in the Boer War. Commanders realized the vital importance of logistics in any campaign. The formation of the ASC marked a significant milestone in the modernisation of the Army and it was fortunate...

For over forty years, professor and culinary historian Jessica B. Harris has collected postcards depicting Africans and their descendants in the American diaspora. They are presented for the first time in this exquisite volume. Vintage Postcards from the African World: In the Dignity of Their Work and the Joy of Their Play brings together more than 150 images, providing a visual document of more than a century of work in agricultural and culinary pursuits and joy in entertainments, parades, and...

When a greeting card just isn't enough...send something unique. It's as simple and inexpensive to mail as a card--but it's much more: an entire book to keep and treasure forever! Light as a feather, wonderfully personal, and colorfully visual, these small, self-enclosed little volumes go right into the mail with no wrapping required. Just write your dedication on the inside, address it on the back, seal the flap, stick on a stamp, and put it in the mailbox. Give one for holidays, for birthdays a...

When a greeting card just isn't enough...send something unique. It's as simple and inexpensive to mail as a card--but it's much more: an entire book to keep and treasure forever! Light as a feather, wonderfully personal, and colorfully visual, these small, self-enclosed little volumes go right into the mail with no wrapping required. Just write your dedication on the inside, address it on the back, seal the flap, stick on a stamp, and put it in the mailbox. Give one for holidays, for birthdays a...

'Gorgeous and funny! Like a labrador doing stand-up' Noel FieldingThe brainchild of a late night and one too many drinks, Hate Mail began with self-styled 'Master of Pens', Mr. Bingo, sending a single tweet off into the pipes of the internet. It read: 'I will send a postcard with an offensive message on to the first person who replies to this'. Then, the replies came in.Over 1000 abusive postcards later, Mr. Bingo has become the world's hate mailist par excellence, verbally and visually abusing...