New PDF release: San Francisco (Postcard History Series)

By Robert W. Bowen

ISBN-10: 0738580856

ISBN-13: 9780738580852

The golden age of postcards coincided with a number of momentous occasions in San Francisco historical past, together with an enormous earthquake and hearth destroying over one 3rd of town, quick reconstruction, moves, political upheaval, parades, fairs, and a world�s reasonable. From international battle I via international warfare II, jazz-age San Francisco skilled a construction growth of homes, skyscrapers, and engineering marvels corresponding to the Bay Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge, making a really good Bay sector panorama documented on millions of ubiquitous, low-cost photograph postcards well liked by either traveling travelers and native residents.

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