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  • The Grand Haven Area 1905-1975 in Vintage Postcards

    Collection series Postcard History Series
    By the start of the 20th century, the Grand Haven area had begun to establish itself as a desirable vacation spot, as well as the center of a vigorous manufacturing base. Trains, stately steamers, and private automobiles brought visitors to the resorts of their choice, while many new companies joined other well-established firms, broadening employment opportunities for local workers. It was a time ... En savoir plus

    11,07 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Virginia Beach in Vintage Postcards

    Collection series Postcard History Series
    First visited by English settlers in 1607, Virginia Beach has been a popular tourist destination ever since. The sea, sand, and sun are the most popular attractions, but throughout history the city has also been known for its unique architecture. The first geodesic dome built in the United States, designed by Buckminster Fuller, was the city's convention center for many years. The Cavalier Hotel, ... En savoir plus

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  • Boise

    Collection series Postcard History Series
    Boise was founded on the Oregon Trail in 1863, shortly after the opening of Fort Boise, which was built to protect the gold that had recently been discovered in the Boise Basin around Idaho City. By the late 1800s, Boise had a very large downtown infrastructure, and it saw the addition of many multistoried buildings after 1900. In the late 1960s though the 1970s, Boise experienced a major urban ... En savoir plus

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  • Westwood

    Collection series Postcard History Series
    Westwood has been 'the hub of the Pascack Valley' since the mid-1700s, when the region's first grain mill drew people from neighboring settlements. The town is known for the early establishment of a fire department, post office, and schools and for having the first bank, library, and hospital. Westwood has always attracted visitors to its businesses, places of worship, and social events. For a ... En savoir plus

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  • Allegany County

    Collection series Postcard History Series
    Allegany County was established in 1789 and is truly one of America's historic transportation and industrial centers. The images presented here portray this heritage and were selected with care from the author's collection of several thousand postcards. The book features Allegany's towns and communities, downtown business scenes, residential areas, industries, historic buildings, churches, schools ... En savoir plus

    11,16 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Postcards

    True Stories That Never Happened

    Modifié par Jason Rodriguez ...
    “The inventive writers and illustrators who crafted these transporting stories just may convince you to trash your BlackBerry and buy some stamps.”–Frank Warren, author of PostSecretYou’ve seen them at flea markets and in antique shops and used-book stores across the country: Vintage postcards inscribed with handwritten notes, evocative messages that capture a thought, an expression, a concern, a ... En savoir plus

    4,23 €

  • Bennington

    Collection series Postcard History Series
    Nestled in the southwest corner of Vermont, Bennington is rich in history and natural beauty. On August 16, 1777, the Green Mountain Boys and militia from surrounding states defeated British troops at the Battle of Bennington. Like other small towns in New England, this agricultural community soon found its waterways dominated by large factories. When manufacturing declined in the early 1900s, the ... En savoir plus

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  • Victorian Hartford Revisited

    Collection series Postcard History Series
    The gilded city of Hartford triumphantly returns in this volume, Victorian Hartford Revisited, a compilation of many never before published images of Victorian splendor and incredible architecture. The social, economic, cultural, and architectural center of the state went through unparalleled growth after the Civil War. Demand for new technology made Hartford not only the political capital but the ... En savoir plus

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  • Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

    Miguel de Cervantes and Luis de Camões

    par Gatenby ...
    Collection Livre 11 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
    Authorized Images: Iberian Duo- Miguel de Cervantes, Luis de CamõesThough the Spanish author Cervantes is much more celebrated internationally than his Portuguese counterpart Luid de Camões, it is an oddity of postcard history that the latter was feted far more in his country than the creator of Don Quixote was in his. Nonetheless, this book gives today's reader a comprehensive look at the ... En savoir plus

    5,29 €

  • Sebastian and Crawford Counties

    Collection series Postcard History Series
    Sebastian and Crawford Counties are among Arkansas's most historic areas with their location on what was once the edge of the frontier. In this book, the authors capture the transition of both the large and the small communities from the 1800s into the middle of the 20th century through historic postcards. With carefully researched interpretation of the images, the book offers a fascinating walk ... En savoir plus

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  • Saratoga

    Collection series Postcard History Series
    Because of its strategic location, throughout the years Saratoga has been the site of numerous warring parties and battles, transportation links, industrial development, agricultural pursuits, recreational activities, and residential growth. Before it became a part of Saratoga County in 1791, the town of Saratoga belonged to Albany County and was much larger than its current size. Although rural ... En savoir plus

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  • Vintage Postcards from the African World

    In the Dignity of Their Work and the Joy of Their Play

    Collection series Atlantic Migrations and the African Diaspora
    For over forty years, professor and culinary historian Jessica B. Harris has collected postcards depicting Africans and their descendants in the American diaspora. They are presented for the first time in this exquisite volume. Vintage Postcards from the African World: In the Dignity of Their Work and the Joy of Their Play brings together more than 150 images, providing a visual document of more ... En savoir plus

    16,10 €

  • Sarasota and Bradenton

    par Bonnie Wilpon ...
    Collection series Postcard History Series
    From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this 'golden age' can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, andassembling crowds of local children only too happy to ... En savoir plus

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  • Springfield

    par Connie Yen ...
    Collection series Postcard History Series
    Known as the 'Queen City of the Ozarks,' Springfield was founded in 1829 and became the seat of Greene County in 1835. Beginning in 1870, Springfield served as a railroad hub that connected the Ozarks culturally and financially to Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago, and points along the East Coast. In 1938, Route 66 became part of the city's history when the legendary highway came through the public ... En savoir plus

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  • Amarillo

    par Ron Smith ...
    Collection series Postcard History Series
    Many people are surprised to learn that the city of Amarillo was actually founded twice. Originally settled by J. T. Berry in April 1887 and known as Oneida, the site of the town was located on such low ground that many residents feared it was susceptible to flooding. In 1888, one concerned resident named Henry B. Sanborn began buying land a mile east of the site as a potential place to relocate ... En savoir plus

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  • Snyder County

    par Jim Campbell ...
    Collection series Postcard History Series
    Snyder County was carved out of the southern portion of Union County in 1855. Named after Selinsgrove resident and Pennsylvania's only three-term governor Simon Snyder (1808'1817), the county is unique in many ways. It is part of the extensive early-nineteenth-century Pennsylvania Canal System's Susquehanna Division and home to one of the nation's first coeducational colleges, Susquehanna ... En savoir plus

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  • Somerset County in Vintage Postcards

    par Alan A. Siegal ...
    Collection series Postcard History Series
    From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this 'golden age' can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, andassembling crowds of local children only too happy to ... En savoir plus

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  • Waterloo

    Collection series Postcard History Series
    Waterloo started out like many other towns: as a small pioneer village located along the banks of the Cedar River. It must have been a breathtaking sight'a beautiful river lined with red cedar trees, prairie grasses blowing in the breeze, and abundant wildlife. After winning the battle to become the county seat in 1855, Waterloo began to grow into the metropolis it is today. The popular slogan, ... En savoir plus

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  • Cheboygan

    Collection series Postcard History Series
    In the fall of 1844, an entrepreneur named Alexander McLeod made his way up a shallow river in far northern Michigan with the idea of building a lumber mill. He discovered that the region around the Cheboygan River would be a suitable location. McLeod built a small cabin for himself, and the following spring the first permanent settler, Jacob Sammons, arrived. McLeod's employees and other ... En savoir plus

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  • Greetings from San Antonio

    Historic Postcards of the Alamo City

    par Lewis F. Fisher ...
    At the dawn of the twentieth century, just as color postcards were becoming a worldwide sensation, San Antonio bypassed Dallas as the largest city in Texas. Idyllic postcard images of San Antonio began landing in mailboxes across the country, displaying recently gained wealth and prosperity. Greetings from San Antonio: Historic Postcards of the Alamo City is a collection of more than six hundred ... En savoir plus

    14,83 €

  • Winter Park in Vintage Postcards

    par Robin Chapman ...
    Collection series Postcard History Series
    The perfume of the orange blossoms . . . the beauty of every scene, combine to make me wonder whether I am not in Paradise,' wrote one visitor to Winter Park, Florida, in 1918. Just five miles north of Orlando, Winter Park's oak-lined brick streets and its quiet lakes have been attracting visitors since the late 19th century, when U.S. president Chester A. Arthur declared, 'This is the prettiest ... En savoir plus

    11,16 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Authorized Images, Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards

    Caedmon, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, John Bunyan

    par Greg Gatenby ...
    Collection Livre 28 - Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage Postcards, Spotlight Edition
    Authorized Images: Famous Authors Seen Through Antique and Vintage PostcardsCaedmon, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton, John Bunyan:Any college level introduction to English literature is highly likely to include study of these four pillars of the canon. Likenesses of Caedmon are non-existent so he is known in postcards almost exclusively by a huge Celtic cross in Whitby, England. No sure portrait of ... En savoir plus

    20,13 €

  • Van Wert County

    par Cheryl Bauer ...
    Collection series Postcard History Series
    Founded by an adventurer and named for a Revolutionary War hero, Van Wert County has seen plenty of excitement since 1821. The transformation from Native American camps and swampland to thriving farms and businesses happened rapidly. Vintage postcards printed between the 1870s and 1950s capture moments of work and leisure, civic pride, and private celebration. Take a look at life in the ever ... En savoir plus

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  • Walker County, Alabama

    par Pat Morrison ...
    Collection series Postcard History Series
    Walker County is a unique place inhabited by a unique people. Characters including George "Goober" Lindsey, Tallulah Bankhead, Sybil Gibson, and Eric "Butterbean" Esch, and communities including Cordova, Carbon Hill, and Day's Gap and Horse Creek-or as we know them today, Oakman and Dora-have all contributed to the county's rich history. In this volume of vintage postcard images, readers will ... En savoir plus

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