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Americana the Beautiful: Mid-century Culture in Kodachrome |
by: Charles Phoenix
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 973.920222
EAN: 9781883318543
ISBN: 1883318548
Label: Angel City Press
Manufacturer: Angel City Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: May 30, 2006
Publisher: Angel City Press
Studio: Angel City Press
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- Eh?Just like the title of my review - I felt like saying "Eh!" to this book - for sure, there were lots of clear and sharp photos of those times (actually slide prints, no doubt - but those were the state of the art photographic media back then).
The book itself, however, is short on pages and other photos which I am sure could have been included, and perhaps some more narrative would not have hurt either.
Certainly not worth the money - unless you want to burn it on a nostalgic ... Read More
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- Walk Down Memory LaneThere is nothing like great images and insight to bring back a long ago era. This book does a great job at setting the stage! Buy it and enjoy!
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- AMERICANA THE BEAUTIFUL:l have always been fascinated by the 1950s, it was like no other era in history,The American dream, good old fashion values, and families.It was portrayed as an era of blissful harmony and peacful existence for all. When l came across this book by charles phoenix, l was delighted, you cannot be amazed by this book of ordinary people, capturing their lives, on film in excellent quality. The fact that these pictures still remain, in wonderful quality taken by amateur photographers is truefully historical. ... Read More
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- Fantastic Fifites Fotos!Americana the Beautiful is a trip down memory lane; especially for us Baby Boomers.
These old shapshots are great! What a wonderful trip we took every summer when we visited my mother's family in South Carolina. Remember those luggage racks on station wagons? I remember being on the New Jersey Turnpike one time and luggage thtat was tied to the roof blew off. Dad had to pull our station wagon to the side of the road and pick up a suitcase full of diapers for my younest brother!
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- Colorfully normalAnother selection of snaps rescued by Charles Phoenix just before they might have ended up in the local landfill. In the same format as his excellent 'Southern Californialand' (ISBN 1883318424) and so much better than the earlier 'God Bless Americana' book. The two hundred amateur slides feature a rich seam of everyday life full of white middle class detail (which of course does raise the question: didn't colored folk take photos back then or perhaps they never junk them).
Overall I thought ... Read More
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