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Christmas Long Ago
Marian I. Doyle
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Description for Christmas Long Ago
Paperback. With over 600 color photographs of different beer companies' advertising trays and an engaging text, the reader follows the rise and fall of the lithographed tin beer tray from its 1890s introduction, through its golden years, and eventual post-World War II decline. Manufacturers of the trays, their artwork, and their marks are described in detail. Num Pages: 160 pages, 385 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 5HC; WJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 10. .
Here is a uniquely welcome gift for all who treasure the idea of an old-fashioned Christmas. Take a Victorian-inspired journey through the holiday as it was celebrated a century and more ago, beginning in the cold snows of early December and ending with the departure of guests on Christmas night. The book tells of games, gifts, decorations, superstitions, beliefs, fashions, foods, and fun, all presented in illustrated bursts of history combined with the thoughts and poetry of the Victorians themselves. A visual treat, richly peppered with vintage trade cards, greeting cards, photographs, and artwork from period magazines for a scrapbook-like ... Read more
Here is a uniquely welcome gift for all who treasure the idea of an old-fashioned Christmas. Take a Victorian-inspired journey through the holiday as it was celebrated a century and more ago, beginning in the cold snows of early December and ending with the departure of guests on Christmas night. The book tells of games, gifts, decorations, superstitions, beliefs, fashions, foods, and fun, all presented in illustrated bursts of history combined with the thoughts and poetry of the Victorians themselves. A visual treat, richly peppered with vintage trade cards, greeting cards, photographs, and artwork from period magazines for a scrapbook-like ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764323577
SKU
V9780764323577
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-2
About Marian I. Doyle
Marian I. Doyle is a lifelong resident of rural western Pennsylvania, where her childhood holiday memories are edged in a hazy border of falling snow. She writes a weekly column, "Pictures From the Past", for AntiqueWeek news, and this is her second book for Schiffer Publishing.
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