Macon in Vintage Postcards

Macon in Vintage Postcards

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Publication Date: 7th September 1999

From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this "golden age" can today be considered works of art.
Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to pose for a picture.
These images, printed as postcards and sold in general stores across the country, survive as telling reminders of an important era in America's history.
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From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this "golden age" can today be considered works of art.
Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to pose for a picture.
These images, printed as postcards and sold in general stores across the country, survive as telling reminders of an important era in America's history.
This fascinati... Read More
Description
From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this "golden age" can today be considered works of art.
Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to pose for a picture.
These images, printed as postcards and sold in general stores across the country, survive as telling reminders of an important era in America's history.
This fascinating history of Macon, Georgia, showcases more than 200 of the best vintage postcards available.
Details
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Postcard History Series
  • Publication Date: 7th September 1999
  • State: Georgia
  • Illustration Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9780738502007
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
    TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
Author Bio
Collected and interpreted by Vickie Leach Prater, the images in this informative volume provide readers with a delightful trip down memory lane, bringing an important period of the area's history to life for visitors
and members of the younger generation.
From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this "golden age" can today be considered works of art.
Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to pose for a picture.
These images, printed as postcards and sold in general stores across the country, survive as telling reminders of an important era in America's history.
This fascinating history of Macon, Georgia, showcases more than 200 of the best vintage postcards available.
  • Pages: 128
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
  • Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
  • Series: Postcard History Series
  • Publication Date: 7th September 1999
  • State: Georgia
  • Illustrations Note: Black and White
  • ISBN: 9780738502007
  • Format: Paperback
  • BISACs:
    HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
    PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional (see also TRAVEL / Pictorials)
    TRAVEL / Pictorials (see also PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
Collected and interpreted by Vickie Leach Prater, the images in this informative volume provide readers with a delightful trip down memory lane, bringing an important period of the area's history to life for visitors
and members of the younger generation.