{"product_id":"postcards-from-vermont-a-social-history-19051945-9781584651581","title":"Postcards from Vermont: A Social History  1905-1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe golden age of the postcard coincides with a rapidly evolving time when the world was being transformed by the introduction of telephones  cameras  fountain pens  automobiles  trains  and modern magazines. By 1905 the Rural Free Delivery system enabled even Vermonts most remotely located residents to receive these cards in their roadside mailboxes  along with letters and Sears Roebuck catalogs. Very much a part of the emerging world of consumption  advertising  and accelerated communication  early postcards tell us about a particular time  and the cultural revolution that was going on in Vermont and the nation in the first decades of the 20th century. Postcards helped promote Vermont as a tourist destination and also reflected pride in modern factories  busy commercial centers  and efficient transportation systems.  On one level  Postcards from Vermont is a family album of carefully-posed ordinary people looking out at us from the past. It is also a memory book that documents the transition from horse to automobile  shows changes in the landscape and Main Street  and records clothing  material culture  and vernacular architecture from another era. And finally  its 323 images provide an unusual feast for deltiologists (postcard collectors) and Vermontophiles to view a small New England state in a new way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45789847781429,"sku":"ByrdShop_158465158X","price":43.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781584651581.jpg?v=1784700524","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/postcards-from-vermont-a-social-history-19051945-9781584651581","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}