Postcards from Africa : photographers of the colonial era : selections from the Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archives / Christraud M. Geary.

During the global postcard craze that peaked around 1900 and continued for several decades thereafter, photographers in Africa grasped the opportunity to serve a lucrative market for images of the continent, both locally and worldwide. Their picture postcards now contribute to understanding politica...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Geary, Christraud M. (Author)
Corporate Author: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Issuing body)
Language:English
Published: Boston, Massachusetts : MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Lauder, Leonard A. > Art collections.
Lauder, Leonard A.
Lauder, Leonard A., > 1933-
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. > Leonard A. Lauder Collection.
Postcards > Africa > 20th century.
Portrait photography > Africa > 20th century.
Photography > Africa > 20th century.
Africans > Pictorial works.
Africans > Portraits.
Communication and culture > Africa.
Africans.
Art > Private collections.
Communication and culture.
Postcards.
Cartes postales > Afrique > 20e siècle.
Ethnologische Fotografie.
Kolonialismus.
Postkarte.
Sammlung.
Africa > Social life and customs > Pictorial works > 20th century.
Africa.
Afrika.
Catalogs.
Pictorial works.
Illustrated works.
Portraits.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
Portraits.
Pictorial works
Catalogs.
Illustrated works.
Physical Description:147 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Variant Title:
Photographers of the colonial era
Format: Book

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