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a virtual postcard tour across the border into old Mexico
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The
Postcards of Luis Marquez
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the Collection of Susan Frost
In the mid-1930s Luis Marquez colorized his dramatic photographs into postcards that lie between two major periods in Mexican postcard making, black and white real photos and the color chromes that entered the market in the 1950s. More >> |
 
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Postcards of Hugo Brehme (Germany
1882 to 1954 Mexico) by Susan FrostGerman master photographer Hugo Brehme, considered one of the outstanding photographers of Mexico, was captivated by that country and her people for over 40 years. He put much of his work on postcards that have distinguishing characteristics that set them apart from others. More >> Brehme's Picturesque Mexico Brehme would live in and travel around Mexico for almost all of his life. He even became a Mexican citizen shortly before his death. While Mexico had a strong impact on Brehme, he in turn had a profound influence on generations of Mexican photographers, beginning with Manuel Alvarez Bravo. Recognition of Brehme as one of Mexico’s outstanding photographers came primarily through the thousands of small photographs he took and printed as postcards during his long career. More >> Las Postales de Hugo Brehme | En Español | In Spanish |
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Maximum Cards of Mexico Considered as novelties or specialties, maximum cards have been a pursuit of stamp collectors since at least the 1920s. The creative collector tried to find a postcard that matched the image on a stamp as closely as possible and then placed the stamp on the face of the card. If the postmarking were done in the very town where the photograph was taken, or otherwise tied to the subject that the stamp commemorated, the maximum card was further enhanced. Such cards are fascinating because they bridge stamp and postcard collecting, the two most popular hobbies of their day. More >> |
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Postcard Photographers by Susan Frost .::. Images of a Mayan Land: Guatemalan Postcard Photographers .::. |
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Jose Tiles and PotteryBy Susan Frost .::. Introduction to the San Jose Workshops "San Jose" is used generically to include several makers of similar-looking art pottery and tiles made in San Antonio. The premier workshop was Mexican Arts and Crafts, which operated downtown on the banks of the San Antonio River from 1929-1939. Its founder, Ethel Wilson Harris, copyrighted a book of designs in 1937 and registered her characteristic "logo" -- a maguey cactus in full bloom. In 1940 the workshop changed its name to Mission Crafts when it moved to within the walls of Mission San Jose, where gifted artisans created tiles and pottery until 1977. More >> Susan Toomey Frost was born ids jdf ufjf sp;fuf hfifif fpfurf d fpf ffdoi fd fiof fhfdjfd df fdsoifsofsd sfdifbvuosd f dsfoifufds fdsidf fufd fd fdyfdofd fdofdufjf fds fdsofufd fdhfhdof r hfodfhf d feuoose srofudf ef euf ef sfhoesf uhfhfse f fbuf su fudfioshuefuehfe fu fff fehfuuehuerehuer and now divides her time between Austin and San Antonio, Texas. Email Address |
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Old
Taxco Vintage Postcard Tour on
our amigo Pernel S. Thyseldew's website.
Oh that we might return to a past of donkey filled byways and antique lifestyle. Taxco is truly an enchanted city although today's visitor will encounter a very busy hillside town bustling with VW taxis and buses and the clamor of hordes of tourist invaders daily. Plus the silversmiths incessant appetite for two metric tonnes of silver each day! More >> |
