Ipohworld’s World review of “Perak Postcards 1890-1940” June 4, 2018 – Posted in: In The News, Reviews – Tags: Batang Padang, Dindings, Hilir Perak, ipoh, Japanese Occupation, Kinta Valley: Pioneering Malaysia's Modern Development, Krian, Kuala Kangsar, Mandailing, Orang Asli, Pangkor, Perak Postcards, post office, postal history., rubber, Taiping, Tanjung Malim, tin-mining, Upper Perak.
Once the premier state of the Federated Malay States, Perak pioneered tin mining, rubber, roads and railways in Malaya. In the early twentieth century, Europeans and Asians venturing into this frontier country bought picture postcards to send home to family, friends and pen pals all over the world. Perak Postcards 1890s-1940s represents the largest such collection ever assembled into one volume, with more than 500 picture postcards contributed by several collectors. Practically all the major Perak districts and towns are featured – Ipoh, Taiping, Kuala Kangsar, Telok Anson and the mining towns of Kinta.
Malcolm Wade, a stalwart of the Malaya Study Guide, has written an authoritative postal history of Perak. Abdur-Razzaq Lubis and Khoo Salma Nasution, authors of the critically acclaimed Kinta Valley, Pioneering Malaysia’s Modern Development (2005) have extensively captioned the images – using contemporary sources, travelogues and memoirs to illustrate these vivid windows to the past.
This book is published by Areca Books; ISBN 978-967-5719-01-1. The book is priced at RM 120, includes 575 postcards plus a few stationery and real photos.
This review first appeared on 22 October 2010 in Ipohworld’s World
