Architecture of Old Mexico: Vintage Views of Spanish Colonial Courtyards, Staircases, Doorways, Interiors, and More

by Mary Martin

Overview

More than 300 antique postcard images take readers through Mexico's streets and palaces, churches and courtyards. Architects, designers, and landscape professionals will find endless inspirations in this rich collection of images. Postcard collectors will appreciate this wealth of "real photo" postcard imagery, as well as artistic hand-tinting and color makeovers created for tourists and locals alike between 1905 through the 1940s. Stucco walls, Wooden doors, carved columns, and tiled fountains are among the many details that will delight and inspire.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780764325717
Publisher:	Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date:	11/27/2006
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	906,471
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Mary Martin heads Mary Martin Postcards, a three-generation family business that is the largest postcard operation in the world. Tina Skinner is an award-winning journalist and editor who now focuses her efforts on books about design and architecture.