Moments in time : a book of Australian postcards
Davidson, Jim, 1942-2016
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At the height of the postcard boom, when there were several deliveries of the post every day, you could send a postcard in the morning to arrange a meeting for that afternoon. Postcards were indeed the emails of their day. Old postcards have an immediacy about them that is striking: they provide a rich source of imagery and, together with their messages, they give us a glimpse of another life, another time. Among the 300 postcards in this book, most are from the late 1880s to the 1950s, with a few included from the following decades to today. There are postcards of just about everything-war and peace, disasters and celebrations, holidays and home life, sports and theatre, rural and city living, love for 'The Dear Old Country' and pride in Australia-to name a few. Author Jim Davidson takes readers on a historical journey through an extraordinary range of postcards that provide fascinating insights to moments in time.
Main title:
Moments in time : a book of Australian postcards / by Jim Davidson.
Author:
Davidson, Jim, 1942-National Library of Australia, issuing body
Imprint:
Canberra, ACT : NLA Publishing, 2016.©2016
Collation:
207 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour), facsimiles (some colour) ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 207)
ISBN:
9780642278777 (paperback)
Dewey class:
741.683
Language:
English
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Subject:
BRN:
317607
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 741.683 MOM | Available |