Robert Opie

Autor von Remember When: A Nostalgic Trip Through the Consumer Era

22+ Werke 497 Mitglieder 3 Rezensionen

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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 mehr anzeigen 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. weniger anzeigen

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Werke von Robert Opie

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

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

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

The 1950s Scrapbook (1998) 40 Exemplare

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

The 1960s Scrapbook (2000) 33 Exemplare

1970's Scrapbook (1745) 26 Exemplare

1930s Scrapbook (1997) 24 Exemplare

Rule Britannia: Trading on the British Image (1985) 21 Exemplare

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

Sweet Memories (1988) 18 Exemplare

Packaging Source Book (1989) 16 Exemplare

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

Victorian Scrapbook (1955) 13 Exemplare

Royal Scrapbook (2002) 9 Exemplare

Edwardian Scrapbook (2002) 9 Exemplare

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

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

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

Packaging 1 Exemplar

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

The Victorian Scrapbook Compiled by Robert Opie 1 Exemplar

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Extreme Collecting: Challenging Practices for 21st Century Museums (2012) — Mitwirkender — 6 Exemplare

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1940er (4) 1950er (7) 1:4 (4) 20. Jahrhundert (18) 21. Jahrhundert (6) Britannien (4) britischer Autor (11) Buch (5) Demenz (6) Design (23) Ephemera (29) Erster Weltkrieg (5) Gelesen (6) Geschichte (43) Gesellschaft (11) Grafik (9) Grafikdesign (23) Großbritannien (5) Heimatfront (4) Illustration (4) Konsumismus (4) Kultur (11) Kunst (8) labels (5) Medien (4) memorabilia (14) Nostalgie (6) packaging (11) Popkultur (8) reminiscence (6) Reminiscence therapy (6) Sachbuch (20) Scrapbook (4) Sozialgeschichte (32) Spielzeuge (5) Trinity SL (5) Vereinigtes Königreich (8) Viktorianisch (6) Werbung (31) Zweiter Weltkrieg (21)

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Wissenswertes

Geburtstag: 1947
Geschlecht: male
Beziehungen: Opie, Iona (mother)
Opie, Peter (father)
Opie, James (brother)

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Treasures of Childhood: Books, Toys, and Games from… von 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… von 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.… (mehr)

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starbox | Sep 17, 2014 |