| Greetings from San Antonio: Historic Postcards of the Alamo City Contributor(s): Fisher, Lewis F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1595349189 ISBN-13: 9781595349187 Publisher: Maverick Books OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Southwest (az, Nm, Ok, Tx) - Antiques & Collectibles | Postcards |
| Dewey: 976.435 |
| LCCN: 2021443851 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 11.1" W x 8.6" (2.35 lbs) 232 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southwest U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Greetings from San Antonio: Historic Postcards of the Alamo City is a collection of more than six hundred color and black-and-white photo postcards, many of them quite rare, that yield a compelling visual narrative of the city in the early twentieth century, when postcards were at their height of popularity. Presented unaltered and accompanied by concise descriptive text, the postcards provide a distinctive visual portrait of a captivating and unique city during the early years of its transformation into the multicultural mecca it is today. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fisher, Lewis F.: - Award-winning Texas historian Lewis F. Fisher has written numerous books, including American Venice: The Epic Story of San Antonio's River and Maverick: The American Name That Became a Legend. |