Portland was LOVELY! I thought it was such a great area. So different from Boston in so many ways. I'm trying to find a French press cup of decaf as good as the one I had out there and I have turned up empty handed. I can't wait to share all the pictures and thoughts...
It rained one day and Marisa and I spent the afternoon trolling around vintage stores (of which there were many). After walking though many labyrinths I stumbled upon these and immediately bought the lot. They reminded me of the Great Journey series I posted about a bit ago. I later found more of these books but they were in poor poor condition so I let them pass.
The inner pages are all text with stamp like color photos pasted in. The books are from the "Around the World Program" by the "American Geographical Society".
The program was written from 1955 to 1973 and was subscription based. It looks like about 68 books were produced and 6 were rereleased in the early 90's.
I was lucky enough to get: Venezuela, Burma, Pakistan, Iran, Peru, New Zealand, and Columbia but I would LOVE Egypt + Austria since I'm working on patterns for those 2 places. (who am I kidding - I'd love to have them all).
Learn more about the series here.
6 comments:
Hi Jen, When I think of driving the highways and back roads of Oregon my mind's eye pictures the purple heather outlining the roads. It was beautiful. Your print of Portland reminds me of the vivid purple and the comforting feeling that the true rural communities of Oregon offered. Love that print! Love you, Mom
these are awesome - such a good find!
I too have a set of these fantastic books. My sister found them in a thrift shop and later moved house, She needed to downsize and I was the lucky recipient.
I will have a look at my collection, as I may well have Egypt and Austria, you can have them. Would love a peak at the New Zealand one (where I'm from) if you want to post some pics...
I'll totally take some pics of the New Zealand one for you after the holidays! I"d love to check out those other two.
I have a 13 ablum set 68 books total I think and am looking to sell them actually...any suggestions other than ebay that might fetch a good price?
I have many of these AGS Around the World
Program Books. In really good condition with all
the stickers inside. Is anyone interested in them or maby
know how much to sell them for:)
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