Tag: Postcards

Free Download The Race to the Moon Chronicled in Stamps, Postcards, and Postmarks: A Story of Puffery vs. the Pragmatic by Umberto Cavallaro
English | EPUB | 2018 | 349 Pages | ISBN : 3319921525 | 352.1 MB
The story of the famed race to the Moon between the US and the USSR has been told countless times. The strategies of these two superpowers have often been paralleled in a way that highlights their fight for dominance and efforts to develop needed new technologies.

Free Download Caroline Clarke, "Postcards from Cookie: A Memoir of Motherhood, Miracles, and a Whole Lot of Mail"
English | 2015 | ISBN: 0062103180, 0062103172 | EPUB | pages: 336 | 1.9 mb
Award-winning journalist and host ofBlack Enterprise Business Report Caroline Clarke’s moving memoir of her surprise discovery of her birthmother-Cookie Cole, the daughter of Nat King Cole-and the relationship that blossomed between them through the heartfelt messages they exchanged on hundreds of postcards.

Free Download The Race to the Moon Chronicled in Stamps, Postcards, and Postmarks: A Story of Puffery vs. the Pragmatic by Umberto Cavallaro
English | EPUB | 2018 | 349 Pages | ISBN : 3319921525 | 352.1 MB
The story of the famed race to the Moon between the US and the USSR has been told countless times. The strategies of these two superpowers have often been paralleled in a way that highlights their fight for dominance and efforts to develop needed new technologies.

Free Download Marlin L. Heckman, "Santa Monica in Vintage Postcards"
English | 2002 | pages: 128 | ISBN: 0738520551 | EPUB | 46,5 mb
Santa Monica was founded in 1875 and by 1887, the area was caught up in the real estate frenzy of the time with advertisements suggesting that it had "one of the grandest panoramic views the human eye has ever rested on . . . " In over 200 vintage postcards, here is Santa Monica in all its coastal splendor, including views of the bathing beaches, the Roosevelt Highway, and private citizens’ beautiful Chinese Gardens.

Free Download Marlin L. Heckman, "Santa Catalina Island in Vintage Postcards"
English | 2001 | pages: 128 | ISBN: 0738508101 | EPUB | 50,2 mb
Throughout the years, the 76-square-mile island of Santa Catalina has hosted Native-American tribes, European sailors, American tourists, and even the Chicago Cubs. The island has survived both ecologically and culturally, resisting the temptation of becoming a Coney Island of Los Angeles. Through the work of its residents along with chewing gum magnate William Wrigley Jr., Santa Catalina Island is as beautiful today as it was when it was discovered in 1542.

Free Download Marlin Heckman, "Pasadena in Vintage Postcards"
English | 2001 | pages: 128 | ISBN: 0738508195 | EPUB | 55,4 mb
The postcard has been a popular part of American communication for over a century, documenting both the interest of a place and its history. Captured here in nearly 200 vintage postcards is the unique history of this California town, translated in Chippewa as "Crown of the Valley." The City of Pasadena, just north of Los Angeles, sits against the majesty of the Sierra Madre mountain range. Incorporated in 1885, the city was originally known as a resort city, filled with tourists from all over the world. Showcased here through the use of the author’s personal postcard collection are vintage images of Millionaires Row, the Tournament of the Roses Parade, the Mt. Lowe Railway, and the Alpine Tavern.

Free Download Eleonore Muhidine, "Indian Architecture in Postcards: A New Perspective on a Modern Heritage"
English | ISBN: 3837667162 | 2023 | 196 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Focusing on a private collection of 60 postcards of modern architecture in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Agra, the contributors to this volume explore the many dimensions of modern architecture in India from the 1890s to the 1970s and share their own perspective on these objects. Experts on architectural history and visual studies, as well as postcard collectors provide new insights into a territory and its architectural heritage which is still largely unknown in Europe, and reflect on the postcard as a medium for historical research.

Free Download Irene Guenther, "Postcards from the Trenches: A German Soldier’s Testimony of the Great War"
English | ISBN: 135001575X | 2018 | 248 pages | PDF | 34 MB
German art student Otto Schubert was 22 years old when he was drafted into the Great War. As the conflict unfolded, he painted a series of postcards that he sent to his sweetheart, Irma. During the battles of Ypres and Verdun, Schubert filled dozens of military-issued 4" x 6" cards with vivid images depicting the daily realities and tragedies of war.

Free Download Erin Seidemann, "Postcards from the Sky: Adventures of an Aviatrix"
English | ISBN: 1631528262 | 2015 | 231 pages | EPUB | 5 MB
The aviation world is a man’s world―it always has been, and it continues to be so today. In fact, women make up a mere 5 to 6 percent of the total pilot population worldwide. But from the first time Erin Seidemann experienced what it was like to see the world from a small plane’s perspective, she was hooked―and she’s spent much of her time since then fighting her way into becoming one of that 5 to 6 percent. Postcards from the Sky: Adventures of an Aviatrix