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The Last Best West: Glimpses of the Prairie Provinces from the Golden Age of Postcards
Ken Tingley
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Description for The Last Best West: Glimpses of the Prairie Provinces from the Golden Age of Postcards
Paperback. Postcard images documenting the history of settlement and urbanization of the Canadian Northwest. Series: Bruce Peel Special Collections Library. Num Pages: 58 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 323 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 424.
Settlement and urbanization of the Canadian Northwest coincided with the greatest popularity of the postcard. Settlement, along with the building of a transcontinental railway and the industrialization of central Canada, were the three pillars of the National Policy in the years following Confederation. These themes also were the subject of thousands of images preserved in postcards. By the first decade of the 20th century, many cities, towns, and villages were home to photographers who produced a mass of these fascinating and informative images. Many were personalized views of first houses, home farms or family groups and events. Others documented important ... Read more
Settlement and urbanization of the Canadian Northwest coincided with the greatest popularity of the postcard. Settlement, along with the building of a transcontinental railway and the industrialization of central Canada, were the three pillars of the National Policy in the years following Confederation. These themes also were the subject of thousands of images preserved in postcards. By the first decade of the 20th century, many cities, towns, and villages were home to photographers who produced a mass of these fascinating and informative images. Many were personalized views of first houses, home farms or family groups and events. Others documented important ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Condition
New
Series
Bruce Peel Special Collections Library
Number of Pages
58
Place of Publication
, Canada
ISBN
9781551952727
SKU
V9781551952727
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About Ken Tingley
Ken Tingley, the City of Edmonton's first historian laureate, has been involved in historical research and writing for forty years. He has a deep interest in local history and the ephemera that so often expresses that history. He is the author of numerous publications about the history of Alberta.
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