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Miami Memories
Martin, Mary L.; Skinner, Tina; Wolfgang-Price, Nathaniel
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Description for Miami Memories
Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages, 242 postcards. BIC Classification: WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 214 x 10. Weight in Grams: 568.
Be transported back to a Golden Era in Miami history. Nearly 250 mid-century postcards portray bikini-clad tourists, tropical cabana nightclubs, and beaches crowded with basking vacationers, along with the private yachts, the fragrant orange groves, and the colorful flamingos, flowers, and neon splendor of the region. Architecture fans, preservationists, and historians will delight in these views of the city and its fabulous hotel resorts developed in the 1920s and '30s. These tourist destinations embodied the Tropical Deco style -- an aesthetic that combined streamlined Art Deco with the exotic elements that were locally inspired. These images also illustrate ... Read more
Be transported back to a Golden Era in Miami history. Nearly 250 mid-century postcards portray bikini-clad tourists, tropical cabana nightclubs, and beaches crowded with basking vacationers, along with the private yachts, the fragrant orange groves, and the colorful flamingos, flowers, and neon splendor of the region. Architecture fans, preservationists, and historians will delight in these views of the city and its fabulous hotel resorts developed in the 1920s and '30s. These tourist destinations embodied the Tropical Deco style -- an aesthetic that combined streamlined Art Deco with the exotic elements that were locally inspired. These images also illustrate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764321764
SKU
V9780764321764
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About Martin, Mary L.; Skinner, Tina; Wolfgang-Price, Nathaniel
Mary L. Martin Postcards is a three-generation family business and the largest postcard operation in the world. E. Ashley Rooney has written many non-fiction books on architecture, interior design, and gardens, especially in New England where she lives. Nathaniel Wolfgang-Price is a "Jack of all trades" who aspires to be a Great American Poet. Mary Martin is a antiques dealer ... Read more
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