Geyser Park, State Reservation, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
by Saratoga Springs Stationary
Thanksgiving and Turkey Collectibles: Then and Now
by John Wesley Thomas
Thanksgiving, the quintessential American holiday, is a time to rethink the values on which the United States was founded. Here it is presented through nearly 900 photos depicting 3,400 diverse images. Ranging from the nineteenth century to the present day, this comprehensive assortment includes platters, plates, decorations, postcards, candy containers, decanters, toys, turkey calls, and more. The turkey itself is exhaustively portrayed in ceramic, glass, pottery, paper, and wood. Also featured...
This collection of rare and vintage postcards offers a unique look at a vanished China and its storied capital. Comprising 355 black-and-white and hand-tinted Beijing photography postcards that span the period from the last years of Imperial China to the Japanese invasion of 1937, it is a treasure trove for buffs of Beijing history, collectors, Sinophiles, and anyone fascinated by people and cultures from times past. Readers will enjoy the wide selection of images showing different aspects of th...
British Postcards of the First World War (Shire Library, #582)
by Peter Doyle
Postcards sent by men on the front, and to them by their families, are among the most numerous, and most telling, surviving artefacts of the Great War. They tell us much about attitudes towards the war, and provide a great insight into men's lives, and into the thoughts and emotions of those left behind. Very different in their illustration, and in their writing, between the beginning of the war and the end, postcards provide a social history of the war in microcosm. Illustrated with a wide rang...
The Golden Age of Postcards Early 1900s (Identification & Values (Collector Books))
by Benjamin H Penniston
In the early decades of the twentieth century, Iowans all across the Hawkeye State succumbed to the nationwide craze for exchanging photographic postcards, mailing each other thousands of images--serious and whimsical--of Uncle Bob and Baby Dora, the Sunday school outing, train wrecks, the Fourth of July celebration, the merchants' carnival, the record-setting blizzard following the bin-busting harvest, the new courthouse, Ackley's Sauer-Kraut Band. Now, thanks to the generosity of David A. Wils...
Take a magical journey back in time in this historically rich and visually appealing coffee table book. Displayed in over 240 precious views of hand-tinted and sepia-toned postcards from the late 1800s through the 1940s, Burlington's history comes alive. View its bays, beaches, and boats and enjoy the images of park-like and wilderness settings as they once were. See Lake Champlain, one of the nation's most beautiful waterfronts, and the Adirondack Mountains towering behind. Burlington's turn-of...
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Pleasure of Blossoms NOTEBOOK [ruled Notebook/Journal/Diary to write in, 60 sheets, Medium Size (A5) 6x9 inches]
by Iris a Viola
Album of Old-Time Postcards from Houston and Galveston
With the Great War raging, can they keep Britain going?1915. 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 on the Regent's Park, and is astounded to be accepted. She will be responsible for making su...
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Enchantment of Blossoms NOTEBOOK [ruled Notebook/Journal/Diary to write in, 60 sheets, Medium Size (A5) 6x9 inches]
by Iris a Viola
