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POSTCARDS

When you care enough to send the very West

Author: 
J. Cook
Article Date: 
November 13, 1977
Article Abstract: 
On Bob Petley's postcard empire
Language: 
English
Subject Headings: 
POSTCARDS

Life on a postcard

Author: 
J. Smith
Article Date: 
December 4, 1983
Article Abstract: 
After 40 years, Bob Petley ("the post card king") is still taking pictures
Language: 
English
Subject Headings: 
POSTCARDS

Having a great time. Wish you were here

Author: 
M. Simington
Article Date: 
March 1979
Article Abstract: 
Postcard magnate Bob Petley (Petley Studios) sells over 40 million cards each year
Language: 
English
Subject Headings: 
POSTCARDS

Greetings from Arizona: postcards of the Grand Canyon State

Author: 
G. Thompson
Article Date: 
Autumn 1989
Article Abstract: 
Surveys "real photocards" from their introduction around 1900 to 1949. Scenic, historical, or humerous, postcards have spread the word about Arizona through-out the world
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Illus.
Subject Headings: 
POSTCARDS

Copper Creek: photographic postcards in Arizona

Author: 
J. Rowe
Article Date: 
January 1989
Article Abstract: 
Features a group of postcards from Copper Creek Canyon which document the construction and arrival of the railway around 1913
Language: 
English
Notes: 
Illus.
Subject Headings: 
POSTCARDS