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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Mexico--Baja California (State)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.

Cities and towns.

Postcards--Mexico--Baja California (State)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.

Postcards.

Baja California (Mexico : State)--History--20th century--Pictorial works.

Baja California (Mexico : State).

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2021]

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.

Contents:

PART V. LOOKING BACK TO SEE FORWARD

13. The Baja Border Past Through Postcards

Notes

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface and Acknowledgments

Introduction

PART I. TOWNS AND POSTCARDS

1. Baja California Border Towns

2. Postcards

PART II. TIJUANA

3. Tijuana Town Plan and Townscape

4. Greetings from Tijuana

5. Crossing Over

6. Avenida Revolución

7. Cabarets

8. Landmarks

PART III. MEXICALI

9. Mexicali Town Plan and Townscape

10. Boundary, Boulevard, and Railroad Corridor

11. Cabaret, Chinatown, and Curio Street

PART IV. OTHER BAJA BORDER TOWNS

12. Tecate and Algodones

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-355) and index.

ISBN:

0-8165-4431-X

OCLC:

1268516826