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Table of Contents:

• Illustrations
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• 1. Introduction: The untapped archive; Postcard mania; Defining postcard; "Real" photo postcards; Three histories; The times and the Subjects; The people's photograph.
• 2. Fundamentals; Identifying real photo postcards; Three moments: establishing the date of a real photo postcard; Establishing the location of a view; Identifying the photographer; The publisher; Where the printed meets the photo card; Copyright; Captions; Numbering; Series; Originals, reproductions, and fakes; Sepia and other hues; The blues: cyanotypes; Multicolor photo postcards; Photo postcard paper; Retouching; Borders; Interior lighting; Size and panoramic postcards; Montages; Exaggeration cards; Paste-ons.
• 3. Photographers and careers: Taking, making, and marketing photo cards; Photographer sketches; Real photo postcard photographers; Photographers meet the new century; A place in the market; Marketing; The technology of real photo postcard production; Other photographers.
• 4. Dimensions of desirability: Quality cards; Technical quality; Condition; Composition; Content: what is in the picture; Series and complementary images; Historical importance; Famous people; Age; Rarity; Photographers; Geographical location; Documentation; Postmarks; Messages; Other dimensions.
• 5. Collecting categories: Nomenclature for collectors; View cards, topicals, andother categories: an overview; Overlapping ategories and crossover cards; Local view card nomenclature; Topical nomenclature.
• 6. Objects to treasure: The care and preservation of photo postcards; Components of a real photo card; Deterioration and damage; Handling; The storage and display environment; Storage and display advaice; Cleaning and repair; Organizaing and keeping track of your holdings.
• 7. Sitting in the graveyard: researching postcard photographers; Reseaching Adirondack postcard photographers; General suggestions; The photo postcard as a source of information; Local historical societies, archives and libraries; Government and official records; Informants; On location; Studying the photographer's community and times; Writing it up and passing it on.
• 8. Conclusion: the contribution of photo postcards; Appendix 1: Dating photo postcards using stamps; Appendix 2: Dating photo postcards using backs; Apendix 3: A working directory of photo postcard photographers; References; Index.

Author/Creator:

Bogdan, Robert

Contributors:

Weseloh, Todd

Syracuse University Press , publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Real photo postcard guide: the people's photography [by Bogdan, R.]

Subjects:

Real photo postcards — Collectors and collecting

Photographs — Conservation and restoration

Real photo postcards

Collectors and collecting

Photographs

Genres:

Printed books — United States — New York (State) — Syracuse — 21st century

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-262) and index.
Bound in pubisher's tan cloth with black spine titles. Cased upside-down(?). Retains original illustrated dust jacket.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Call Numbers:

TR6.5 .B64 2006

ISBNs:

0815608519 (hardcover, alk. paper)
9780815608516 (hardcover, alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2006024401

OCLC Numbers:

70877759