Was this heaven? :: a self-portrait of Iowa on early postcards : a selection of postcards from the David A. Wilson collection /

"Was This Heaven? provides detailed depictions of homes and clothing and hairstyles, of celebrations and ceremonies, of church, school, and social activities, of farm animals and city streets, of the multitudinous ways of living full and satisfying lives. Lyell Henry wisely gives priority to pe...

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1. Verfasser: Henry, Lyell D., 1935-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, ©1995.
Schriftenreihe:Bur oak original.
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Zusammenfassung:"Was This Heaven? provides detailed depictions of homes and clothing and hairstyles, of celebrations and ceremonies, of church, school, and social activities, of farm animals and city streets, of the multitudinous ways of living full and satisfying lives. Lyell Henry wisely gives priority to people over place, shortchanging public buildings in favor of cards that cast a more direct light on early Iowans' lives and minds. Last spring's flood, the Christmas tree in the parlor, high school graduation, the annual family picnic, the whistle-stop visit of President Taft, and true-life encounters with gigantic hogs and outsize ears of corn all combine to form a pleasantly rich visual record of the mental and physical worlds of the many Iowans featured."--BOOK JACKET. "These postcards convey images of people who found great joy in their daily lives. With the publication of Was This Heaven? Iowans at the end of the twentieth century can look back across the decades and recapture that same joy in these fresh and effervescent images."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 255 pages) : illustrations.
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (page 251) and index.
ISBN:1587291096
9781587291098

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