Philippine Picture Post Cards, 1900-1920 by Jonathan Best

Long before movies, television and universal telephone service, postcards were an inexpensive way for people to send a short message a short message with a picture. Hundreds of thousands of cards of the Philippines were printed or made directly from photographs. Many of these were sent through the mails but possibly even more were kept as souvenirs and placed in albums. Fortunately, man of these have survived in collections around the world. This book gives a short history of the years of Philippine picture postcards, and illustrates many of the finer ones. The author presents types of cards and a wide range of images from Luzon to Mindanao. Philippine Picture Postcards 1900-1920, goes beyond being a simple history of early postcards and gives the reader a fascinating portrait of the Philippines during the first two decades of the century. It offers us a visual memory of a time which still retained much of the charm of the nineteenth century but was rapidly transformed by political change and the advent of the modern era.
A Philippine import. Limited copies available.

Publisher : Bookmark (January 1, 1994)
Language: : English
Paperback : 119 pages
ISBN-10 : 971569136-6
ISBN-13 : 978-97-1-569136-9
Item Weight : 1.1 pounds
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