Prairie Fires and Paper Moons: The American Photographic Postcard, 1900-1920

Divided by content into portraits, At Home and At Play, At Work, At War, Outside the Law, Local Scenes and Events and Gala Occasions. Lovely survey of vernacular imagery from the U.S. in the first two decades of the 20th century. Includes an essay on methods of dating photographic postcards (with 19 marks illustrated). Compiled with text by Hal Morgan and Andreas Brown; foreword by John Baskin. 192 pages; 290 actual-size sepia-toned and color reproductions; 9.25 x 8.25 inches. Appendix.