[Download] Classic American Diners: Collectible Postcards and Matchcovers
| #2223332 in Books | Schiffer | 2007-02-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 11.27 x.83 x8.79l,2.76 | File Name: 0764326104 | 176 pages |
||2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.| Nostalgic nosh|By Robin|A rich selection of diner postcards and matchbooks though it must be said one diner postcard is not too different from another but when you see more than 270 all in one go they become quite fascinating. The rest of the 450 pictures in the book are matchbooks. All the material is from Don Preziosi's collection but he left out color glossy photographic|About the Author|Don Preziosi and his wife, Newly, have been postcard and ephemera collectors for more than three decades. Located in northern New Jersey, they can be found at postcard shows and on the Internet.
The classic diner is an icon of the American roadside. As cars were mass-produced, so were these aluminum gems, whose metal bodies and neon signs came to characterize modernity in the mid-twentieth century. From the 1920s to the 1950s, these eye-catching eateries promoted themselves on many giveaway matchcovers and postcards. Today, these highly collectible pieces of ephemera provide a colorful visual record of diners from all over the country. Nearly 450 examples are i...
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