As we were : American photographic postcards, 1905-1930
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Copy number Shelfmark Shelf mark R022031 Ned. Fotomuseum $HIST VAULE.R 2004
TitleAs we were : American photographic postcards, 1905-1930
Author
Place of publicationBoston
PublisherGodine
Year of publication2004
Pagination215 p.
Illustrationsb&w
Dimensions27 x 19 cm.
MaterialTekstboek
Document TypeBook
ISBN1567922503
External document
Bibliographic NotesMet lit. opg.
SubjectGeschiedenis van de fotografie: USA, Prentbriefkaarten (?) = Picture Postcards, Ansichtkaarten (prentbriefkaarten), Geschiedenis van de ansichtkaart (?)
Geographical keywordVerenigde Staten
Abstract
We cite from the COVER:
"Today, no one seriously doubts the value, both aesthetic and historic, of the ubiquitous American photographic postcard. This was the medium that really brought photography to the masses; these cards were affordable, they were topical, and they could be sent for a penny anywhere in the country. The variety of imagery, much of it developed anonymously in small studios, much of it taken by inspired amateurs, displays early-twentieth-century America in all its variety and vitality."
"Most postcards were mass produced and printed in ink by the collotype or halftone process. But a few were original photographic prints, exposed directly from glass plates or film negatives. Known as "real photos," these were real photographs, aristocrats of the genre and spectacular examples of vernacular photography."
"In this charming and scholarly book, Rosamond B. Vaule selects the best of them, from all over the country, addressing their social and historical contexts, explaining the mysteries of their manufacture and dissemination, and describing the characteristics and identities of their makers, many of whose names and studios are listed in the book. But without doubt, it is the images themselves that still hold us: storefronts and townships, frisky children and sober adults, airships and barn raisings. More than two hundred are reproduced here, each in fine-line duotone, each as fascinating and compelling today as when first fixed on paper."
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"Today, no one seriously doubts the value, both aesthetic and historic, of the ubiquitous American photographic postcard. This was the medium that really brought photography to the masses; these cards were affordable, they were topical, and they could be sent for a penny anywhere in the country. The variety of imagery, much of it developed anonymously in small studios, much of it taken by inspired amateurs, displays early-twentieth-century America in all its variety and vitality."
"Most postcards were mass produced and printed in ink by the collotype or halftone process. But a few were original photographic prints, exposed directly from glass plates or film negatives. Known as "real photos," these were real photographs, aristocrats of the genre and spectacular examples of vernacular photography."
"In this charming and scholarly book, Rosamond B. Vaule selects the best of them, from all over the country, addressing their social and historical contexts, explaining the mysteries of their manufacture and dissemination, and describing the characteristics and identities of their makers, many of whose names and studios are listed in the book. But without doubt, it is the images themselves that still hold us: storefronts and townships, frisky children and sober adults, airships and barn raisings. More than two hundred are reproduced here, each in fine-line duotone, each as fascinating and compelling today as when first fixed on paper."
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To see the facsimile of the Table of Contents please click URL below
| Copy number | R022031 |
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| Shelf mark | $HIST VAULE.R 2004 |