The Last Best West: Glimpses of the Prairie Provinces from the Golden Age of Postcards

by Linda Distad, Kenneth W. Tingley, Bruce Peel Special Collections Library Staff, et al.

Settlement and urbanization of the Canadian Northwest coincided with the greatest popularity of the postcard. Settlement, along with the building of a transcontinental railway and the industrialization of central Canada, were the three pillars of the National Policy in the years following Confederation. These themes also were the subject of thousands of images preserved in postcards. By the first decade of the 20th century, many cities, towns, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1551952726
• ISBN13: 9781551952727
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 58 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 12.4" x 7.9"