Postcards from the Río Bravo border : picturing the place, placing the picture, 1900s-1950s / Daniel D. Arreola.

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Between 1900 and the late 1950s, Mexican border towns came of age both as tourist destinations and as emerging cities. Commercial photographers produced thousands of images of their streets, plazas, historic architecture, and tourist attractions, which were reproduced as photo postcards. Daniel Arre...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arreola, Daniel D. (Daniel David), 1950- (Author)
Corporate Author: William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies (Issuing body)
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Cities and towns > Mexico, North > History > 20th century.
Urbanization > Mexico, North > History > 20th century.
Postcards > Mexico, North > History > 20th century.
Mexico, North > History > 20th century > Pictorial works.
Matamoros (Tamaulipas, Mexico) > History > 20th century.
Reynosa (Tamaulipas, Mexico) > History > 20th century.
Nuevo Laredo (Mexico) > History > 20th century.
Piedras Negras (Mexico) > History > 20th century.
Ciudad Acuña (Mexico) > History > 20th century.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
Physical Description:xix, 258 pages : illustrations, map ; 27 cm
Format: Government Document Book

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