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Women & Hats: Vintage People of Photo Postcards, Phillips Hardcover+=
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- PublishedOn
- 2010-12-01
- ISBN
- 9781851243624
- EAN
- 9781851243624
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library
- Topic
- Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Permanent Collections, Postcards, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Subjects & Themes / Human Figure
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Assembled and designed by Tom Phillips from his themed collection of over 50,000 photographic postcards, 'Women & Hats' explores the remarkable range in the world of millinery from outrageous Edwardian creations to the inventive austerities of the Second World War.
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Publisher
Bodleian Library
ISBN-10
1851243623
ISBN-13
9781851243624
eBay Product ID (ePID)
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Product Key Features
Language
English
Topic
Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / Permanent Collections, Postcards, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Subjects & Themes / Human Figure
Dimensions
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7.5in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6.9in
Item Weight
16.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
Book Title
Women and Hats : Vintage People on Photo Postcards
Lc Classification Number
Nc1878.W64
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"These images are captivating visual vignettes. We may not know who the subjects are, but the postcards offer us a glimpse of their interests, their time, and their world. Tom Phillips''s exceptional collection gives us a fascinating chance to retrieve something of these lives."Sandy Nairne, Director, National Portrait Gallery, London, These images are captivating visual vignettes. We may not know who the subjects are, but the postcards offer us a glimpse of their interests, their time, and their world. Tom Phillips's exceptional collection gives us a fascinating chance to retrieve something of these lives., "These images are captivating visual vignettes. We may not know who the subjects are, but the postcards offer us a glimpse of their interests, their time, and their world. Tom Phillips''s exceptional collection gives us a fascinating chance to retrieve something of these lives."-Sandy Nairne, Director, National Portrait Gallery, London, "The heyday of the milliner's art, like that of the picture postcard, is long past, but Tom Phillips''s Women and Hats summons up a fond nostalgia for both. The book's 200 photographs, taken between 1900 and 1950, portray middle-class British women who stepped into High Street studios to purchase penny-a-print photographic postcards of themselves. Most of the women remain unidentified, but the messages they wrote bring a few to fleeting life, including Connie Beldig, who in 1910 wrote from Manchester: 'Do you recognise me now, as it is so long since you saw me, but this isn''t a very good photo.' It is, however, a very impressive hat.:"-- Wall Street Journal, The heyday of the milliner's art, like that of the picture postcard, is long past, but Tom Phillips's Women and Hats summons up a fond nostalgia for both. The book's 200 photographs, taken between 1900 and 1950, portray middle-class British women who stepped into High Street studios to purchase penny-a-print photographic postcards of themselves. Most of the women remain unidentified, but the messages they wrote bring a few to fleeting life, including Connie Beldig, who in 1910 wrote from Manchester: 'Do you recognise me now, as it is so long since you saw me, but this isn't a very good photo.' It is, however, a very impressive hat.:, "Picture postcards from a century ago capture unique moments in time and place and are a wonderful social history record. Tom Phillips is adept at seeking out and choosing amazingly evocative postcard images."-Brian Lund, editor, Picture Postcard Monthly, "Picture postcards from a century ago capture unique moments in time and place and are a wonderful social history record. Tom Phillips is adept at seeking out and choosing amazingly evocative postcard images."Brian Lund, editor,Picture Postcard Monthly, Picture postcards from a century ago capture unique moments in time and place and are a wonderful social history record. Tom Phillips is adept at seeking out and choosing amazingly evocative postcard images.
Copyright Date
2010
Format
Hardcover
Dewey Decimal
741.683
Intended Audience
Trade
Publication Year
2011
Series
Photo Postcards from the Tom Phillips Archive Ser.
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Photography, Art, Antiques & Collectibles, Social Science
Number of Pages
112 Pages
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