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Author:

Arreola, Daniel D. (Daniel David), 1950- author.

Title:

Postcards from the Baja California border : portraying townscape and place, 1900s-1950s / Daniel D. Arreola.

Publisher:

The University of Arizona Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xxii, 364 pages : illustrations (black and white, color), maps ; 26 cm

Subject:

1900-1999
Cities and towns--Baja California (State)--Baja California (State)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
Postcards--Baja California (State)--Baja California (State)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
Cities and towns.
Postcards.
Baja California (Mexico : State)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
Mexicali (Mexico)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
Tecate (Mexico)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
Algodones (Baja California, Mexico)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.
Mexico--Algodones (Baja California)
Mexico--Baja California (State)
Mexico--Mexicali.
Mexico--Tecate.
Mexico--Tijuana (Baja California)
illustrated books.
History.
Illustrated works.
Pictorial works.
Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 13. The Baja Border Past Through Postcards. 2. Postcards -- 3. Tijuana Town Plan and Townscape -- 4. Greetings from Tijuana -- 5. Crossing Over -- 6. Avenida Revolucion -- 7. Cabarets -- 8. Landmarks -- 9. Mexicali Town Plan and Townscape -- 10. Boundary, Boulevard, and Railroad Corridor -- 11. Cabaret, Chinatown, and Curio Street -- 12. Tecate and Algodones -- 13. The Baja Border Past Through Postcards.

Summary:

"Postcards from the Baja California Border uses popular historical imagery-the vintage postcard-to tell a compelling, visually enriched geographical story about the border towns of Baja California"-- Provided by publisher.
"Postcards have a magical pull. They allow us to see the past through charming relics that allow us to travel back in time. Daniel D. Arreola's Postcards from the Baja California Border offers a window into the historical and geographical past of storied Mexican border communities. Once-popular tourist destinations from the 1900s through the 1950s, the border communities explored in Postcards from the Baja California Border used to be filled with revelers, cabarets, curio shops, and more. The postcards in this book show the bright and dynamic past of California's borderlands while diving deep into the historic and geographic significance of the imagery found on the postcards. This form of place study calls attention to how we can see a past through a serial view of places, by the nature of repetition, and the photographing of the same place over and over again. Arreola draws our focus to townscapes, or built landscapes, of four border towns-Tijuana, Mexicali, Tecate, and Algodones-during the first half of the twentieth century. With an emphasis on the tourist's view of these places, this book creates a vivid picture of what life was like for tourists and residents of these towns in the early and mid-twentieth century. Postcards from the Baja California Border is a rich and fascinating experience, one that takes you on a time-travel journey through border town histories and geographies while celebrating the visual intrigue of postcards"-- From publisher's website.

ISBN:

0816542554
9780816542550

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1245472432

LCCN:

2021012041

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)