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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/926664320 Title: House numbers : pictures of a forgotten history Author: Anton Tantner; Anthony Mathews Publisher: London : Reaktion Books, 2015. ISBN/ISSN: 9781780235189 1780235186 OCLC:926664320

  
  

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House numbers : pictures of a forgotten history

Author:	Anton Tantner; Anthony Mathews
Publisher:	London : Reaktion Books, 2015.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	House numbers are small things that appear quietly on the walls, gates and porches of our homes and places of work. They seem to have come from nowhere and are now taken for granted in everyday life. But house numbers have their own history - one that is retrieved, assembled and presented here, for the first time, in vivid images from around the world.House numbers started their lives in a grey area between the military, the tax authorities and early police forces. Anton Tantner's engaging, intriguingly quirky book is a chronicle of the house number, from its introduction in European towns in the eighteenth century through the spread of the numbering system in the nineteenth century to its global adoption today. It also reveals that there was often opposition to this convention - those living at their allotted addresses have not always been too happy about their houses being given numbers.House Numbers is full of original research and is extensively illustrated, with photographs showing historic house numbers and addresses, from the low - Nought, Strand-on-the-Green in London - to the high: 1819 Ruston, Louisiana. Its narrative will alter the way you walk around a city, as these seemingly minor, insignificant aspects of our houses and streets become links to a broad and fascinating history.  Read more...
Subjects	Street addresses -- History. Street addresses -- Pictorial works. House marks -- History. View all subjects
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