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

Published Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps 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 Summary "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." Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliography and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed April 7, 2023) Subject Cities and towns -- Mexico -- Baja California (State) -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works Postcards -- Mexico -- Baja California (State) -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works TRAVEL / General Cities and towns Postcards SUBJECT 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 Subject Mexico -- Algodones (Baja California) Mexico -- Baja California (State) Mexico -- Mexicali Mexico -- Tecate Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California) Genre/Form History Pictorial works Illustrated works. Ouvrages illustrés. Form Electronic book ISBN 9780816544318 081654431X

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