Robert Opie

Auteur de Remember When: A Nostalgic Trip Through the Consumer Era

22+ oeuvres 498 utilisateurs 3 critiques

A propos de l'auteur

Robert Opie has been collecting packaging, advertising, and social history for over 30 years, in order to tell the remarkable story of our consumer society. In 1984 he established, in Gloucester, the first museum devoted to the history of advertising and packaging, and has since created the Museum afficher plus of Memories in Wigan. He has written several books, including Miller's Advertising Tins, The 1930s Scrapbook, The Wartime Scrapbook and The 1950s Scrapbook. Robert frequently appears on television and radio, and was the consultant on the BBC2 series Wrappers and a presenter on Channel Four's Collectors' Lot. afficher moins

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Remember When: A Nostalgic Trip Through the Consumer Era (1999) 67 exemplaires

Wartime Scrapbook: From Blitz to Victory 1939--1945 (1995) 65 exemplaires

The Art of the Label: Designs of the Times (1987) 64 exemplaires

The 1950s Scrapbook (1998) 40 exemplaires

The Treasures of Childhood: Books, Toys, and Games from the Opie Collection (1989) 38 exemplaires

The 1960s Scrapbook (2000) 33 exemplaires

1970's Scrapbook (1745) 26 exemplaires

1930s Scrapbook (1997) 24 exemplaires

Rule Britannia: Trading on the British Image (1985) 22 exemplaires

The 1910s Scrapbook (Scrapbooks (Pi Global)) (2000) 19 exemplaires

Sweet Memories (1988) 18 exemplaires

Packaging Source Book (1989) 16 exemplaires

The 1920s Scrapbook (Robert Opie's Scrapbook Series) (2003) 15 exemplaires

Victorian Scrapbook (1955) 13 exemplaires

Royal Scrapbook (2002) 9 exemplaires

Edwardian Scrapbook (2002) 9 exemplaires

The Fun of the Fifties: Ads, Fads and Fashion (2016) 7 exemplaires

Miller's Collector's Guide: Advertising Tins (1999) 6 exemplaires

Grandparents Book: Our Life Story Written for Our Grandchildren (Four Seasons) (1911) 4 exemplaires

Packaging 1 exemplaire

The Wartime Scrapbook: On the Home front 1939 to 1945 of unknown on 01 January 2005 1 exemplaire

The Victorian Scrapbook Compiled by Robert Opie 1 exemplaire

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Oeuvres associées

Extreme Collecting: Challenging Practices for 21st Century Museums (2012) — Contributeur — 6 exemplaires

Étiqueté

1:4 (4) Années 1940 (4) Années 1950 (7) art (8) Consumérisme (4) Culture (11) Culture populaire (8) Design (23) Démence (6) ephemera (29) Grande-Bretagne (5) Grande-Bretagne (4) Graphiques (9) Graphisme (23) Histoire (43) Histoire sociale (32) Homefront (4) Illustration (4) jouets (5) labels (5) livre (5) Lu (6) Media (4) memorabilia (14) non-fiction (20) Nostalgie (6) packaging (11) Première Guerre mondiale (5) Publicité (31) reminiscence (6) Reminiscence therapy (6) Royaume-Uni (8) Scrapbook (4) Seconde Guerre mondiale (21) Société (11) Trinity SL (5) UK author (11) victorien (6) XXe siècle (18) XXIe siècle (6)

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Date de naissance: 1947
Sexe: male
Relations: Opie, Iona (mother)
Opie, Peter (father)
Opie, James (brother)

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Treasures of Childhood: Books, Toys, and Games from… par Iona Archibald Opie

This survey covers virtually every aspect of childhood and every type of book, toy, game and diversion. Over a period of 40 years, Iona and Peter Opie assembled a collection of 20,000 rare children's books, comics and other printed material.

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riselibrary_CSUC | Aug 5, 2021 |

The Wartime Scrapbook - from Blitz to Victory 1939… par Robert Opie

Like having your own museum of life in 1940s!,, September 17, 2014

This review is from: Wartime Scrapbook: From Blitz to Victory 1939-1945 (Scrapbook Series) (Hardcover)
(Reviewing 1995 edition, which has a different cover to one illustrated)

Not a read so much as a visual extravaganza; every page of this large hardback is a collage of items from the era of World War 2. Assembled in subject order, they give the reader a real 'feel' for life as it was then: from the pages on 'Dig for Victory' (leaflets on gardening - seedpacks - a page from the Radio Times - a cute poster) to the double spread of kids' games and books ("Hang out your washing on the Siegfried line": the new blackout game - the Field Services Painting Book -Epics of the War jigsaw). Each topic has a little handwritten text to explain the items.
As a female reader who has little interest in things military, I really liked this book, which focusses on life at home. A chance to reminisce for the older generation, a museum trip for the younger.… (plus d'informations)

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starbox | Sep 17, 2014 |