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Informationen zum Autor Mary L. Martin Postcards is a three-generation family business and the largest postcard operation in the world. E. Ashley Rooney has written many non-fiction books on architecture! interior design! and gardens! especially in New England where she lives. LouLou is Lou Marshall! an illustrator! muralist! and product designer specializing in creating happy havens for children. Her commercial and residential one-of-a-kind environments have been featured on national television and in magazines and books. Tina Skinner has authored lots of big! serious books about architecture and design for adults. This is her first book to bring the joy and beauty of architecture to children. Tammy Ward is a fashion conscious writer and photographer living in southeastern Pennsylvania with her two sons! Jesse and Eric. She remembers the fashions of the mid-1980s well! Klappentext This wonderful book takes you on an architectural tour into the lives of over 100 early demi-Gods of the Silver Screen. Preserved on postcards! these images are as collectible today as they were when first bought by tourists who flocked to the burgeoning film capital of Hollywood. Then! as now! visitors paid to ride past these homes! hoping above all else to glimpse one of the giants of the screen so that a little bit of star dust might rub off on them. Many of the stars are actually pictured on the original postcard of the homes! and others are shown with their portrait postcards from the era. Short biographies of the celebrities illuminate this golden era of entertainment. These highly collectible images! produced between 1905 and the early 1970s! have been organized alphabetically! from Bud Abbott to Jane Withers! to help fans find their favorite celebrities. A current value guide will help collectors compile their own treasuries of these precious Hollywood souvenirs. Zusammenfassung This wonderful book takes you on an architectural tour into the lives of over 100 early demi-Gods of the Silver Screen. Preserved on postcards! these images are as collectible today as they were when first bought by tourists who flocked to the burgeoning film capital of Hollywood. Then! as now! visitors paid to ride past these homes! hoping above all else to glimpse one of the giants of the screen so that a little bit of star dust might rub off on them.\nMany of the stars are actually pictured on the original postcard of the homes! and others are shown with their portrait postcards from the era. Short biographies of the celebrities illuminate this golden era of entertainment. These highly collectible images! produced between 1905 and the early 1970s! have been organized alphabetically! from Bud Abbott to Jane Withers! to help fans find their favorite celebrities. A current value guide will help collectors compile their own treasuries of these precious Hollywood souvenirs. ...
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Mary L. Martin Postcards is a three-generation family business and the largest postcard operation in the world. E. Ashley Rooney has written many non-fiction books on architecture, interior design, and gardens, especially in New England where she lives.
