Landscapes in the Early 1900s: Argentine Photo Postcards: Paisajes en las primeras postales fotográficas argentinas del s.xx
Description
From 1900-1930, the gauchos, or gypsy cowboys, of Argentina produced thousands of documentary photographs of the national landscape as they roamed the plains and settled virgin territories. These images were turned into postcards, which showed the world for the first time a wild and beautiful territory very much in the process of transformation. Comprising almost the entire southern half of South America, Argentina is the world's eighth largest country, covering an area of almost two million square miles. Home to the Andes Mountains, it possesses some of the world's tallest peaks,...
ISBN(s)
9508891610, 9789508891617
