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Americana the Beautiful: Mid-century Culture in Kodachrome
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey 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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Rating: - Walk Down Memory Lane
There 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!
Rating: - 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
Rating: - 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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Rating: - Colorfully normal
Another 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).
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Rating: - A Glorious Kodakchrome Panavision Cinemascope Technicolor Vistavision Technirama Classic!
Charles Phoenix has done it again! We've loved each of his books, and the last few we've bought almost as soon as he released them. This one has even more of Charles' trademark old, but crisp, bright and clear, color Kodakchrome slides, all taken by amateur photographers like you and me (or our parents and grandparents!), from all across America, and all with brief, nondistracting, colorful, very witty and informative commentary. It's a perfect gift for a "Fourth of July" Party. You'll laugh as well as ... Read More
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