Author : John A. Jakle
Release : 2003
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Postcards of the Night by : John A. Jakle
Download or read book Postcards of the Night written by John A. Jakle. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with eighty vintage city postcards made between the turn of the twentieth century and through the 1970's (with the emphasis on the first four decades), historical geographer, John A Jakle turns his attention to early-twentieth-century nocturnal views of America's cities and to the role of the picture postcard in popular culture. 'Postcard images', the author writes, offered important visual 'fixes' -- mental templates for visualising cities -- the vista of a downtown street at night, or a bird's eye view of a vividly lit downtown, or the dramatic lighting of monuments and other architectural landmarks. As a result, the popularity and proliferation of the penny postcard influenced how Americans thought about cities as landscape displays.
