{"product_id":"oak-park-il-postcard-history-series-073853160x","title":"Oak Park (IL) (Postcard History Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 073853160X\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Deuchler, Douglas\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough it was first settled in the 1830s, Oak Park did not become an independent municipality until it split from Cicero Township in 1902. No longer a rustic small town, the village soon became a population magnet, attracting ever-larger numbers of prosperous, progressive people to settle in what many soon referred to as \"the finest of the streetcar suburbs.\"Coincidentally, use of the penny picture postcard had approached a national mania during this era. Thus from the earliest years of the 20th century, the rapid growth and development of Oak Park was well documented, even celebrated, with a vast and varied array of outstanding postcard images.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51952502374688,"sku":"NEW073853160X","price":18.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/oak-park-il-postcard-history-series-073853160x","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}