Real Photo Postcard Guide

by Bogdan, Robert

• ISBN13: 9780815608516
• ISBN10: 0815608519
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-09-30
• Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr

Summary

"The Real Photo Postcard Guide is an informative, comprehensive, and practical treatment of this popular American phenomenon that dominated the United States photographic market during the first third of the twentieth century. Robert Bogdan and Todd Weseloh draw on extensive research and observation to address all aspects of the photo postcard, from its history, origin, and cultural significance to practical matters like dating, purchasing, condition, and preservation." "Illustrated with more than 350 photo postcards taken from archives and private collections across the country, the Real Photo Postcard Guide addresses technical considerations of production, characteristics of superior images, collecting categories, and methods of research for dating photo postcards and investigating their photographers."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Robert Bogdan is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University. His column on real photo postcards is a monthly feature in the magazine The Postcard Collector.

Table of Contents

Introduction : the untapped archive	p. 1
Fundamentals	p. 31
Photographers and careers : taking, making and marketing photo cards	p. 56
Dimensions of desirability : quality cards	p. 92
Collecting categories : nomenclature for collectors	p. 118
Objects to treasure : the care and preservation of photo postcards	p. 186
Sitting in the graveyard : researching postcard photographers	p. 195
Conclusion : the contribution of photo postcards	p. 207
Dating photo postcards using stamps	p. 213
Dating photo postcards using backs	p. 217
A working directory of photo postcard photographers	p. 235
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