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The 1920s Scrapbook
Robert Opie
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Description for The 1920s Scrapbook
Hardcover.
With over 1000 colourful images, Robert Opie brings to life the 1920s and captures the mood of this radical decade. The 1920s were a time for change and invention. The arrival of the wireless provided a new form of entertainment and "The Radio Times" was launched in 1923. The popularity of the cinema continued and was changed forever with the coming of "talkies" and "The Jazz Singer" in 1926. While there were many notable events, from the Tutankhamen discoveries to the Empire exhibition at Wembley, unemployment and worker's discontent pervaded everyday life, culminating in the General strike of 1926. For ... Read more
With over 1000 colourful images, Robert Opie brings to life the 1920s and captures the mood of this radical decade. The 1920s were a time for change and invention. The arrival of the wireless provided a new form of entertainment and "The Radio Times" was launched in 1923. The popularity of the cinema continued and was changed forever with the coming of "talkies" and "The Jazz Singer" in 1926. While there were many notable events, from the Tutankhamen discoveries to the Empire exhibition at Wembley, unemployment and worker's discontent pervaded everyday life, culminating in the General strike of 1926. For ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New Cavendish Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
62
Condition
New
Number of Pages
62
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781872727943
SKU
V9781872727943
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Robert Opie
Since the 1970s, Robert Opie has amassed an unrivalled collection of packaging and paper materials which are now housed in his museum of packaging in Gloucester. He is the auhtor of numerous publications and has given many talks to schools, as well as on radio and TV.
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