In this book, vintage postcards are compared with recent photographs to paint a new view of St. Petersburg's past and present. Over 200 beautiful images showcase St. Petersburg, Florida, as a growing city with a history. It provides invaluable information to new and long-time residents and tourists alike. Postcard collectors worldwide will also find the book invaluable for their collections. AUTHOR: Alma Wynelle Deese is a graduate of Asbury College, Wilmore, kentucky, and the University of Mississippi. She is a certified psychologist, and while emplyed at Eastern State Hospital in Lexington, Kentucky became interested in the history of American psychiatric care. She researched the trends in early lunatic asylums, wrote articles on recycling mental health care, and discovered unknown pictures of American lunatic asylums on old postcards. That started her passion for collecting postcards. She and her husband retired in 1996 and moved to St. Petersburg, Florida where she started a collection of St. Petersburg postcards. 281 colour photos
