James L. Olmsted. January 16, 1905. -- Ordered to be Printed
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Pensions
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Page : 1 pages
File Size : 11,43 MB
Release : 1905
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Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Pensions
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Page : 1 pages
File Size : 11,43 MB
Release : 1905
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Author : Lyman Horace Weeks
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 30,97 MB
Release : 1898
Category : New York (N.Y.)
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Author : United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Page : 2660 pages
File Size : 24,91 MB
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Category : Government publications
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Author : Wilimena Hannah Eliot Emerson
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Page : 414 pages
File Size : 28,61 MB
Release : 1905
Category : Genealogy
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Author : Louis Torres
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Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,93 MB
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781907521287
The Washington Monument is one of the most easily recognized structures in America, if not the world, yet the long and tortuous history of its construction is much less well known. Beginning with its sponsorship by the Washington National Monument Society and the grudging support of a largely indifferent Congress, the Monument's 1848 groundbreaking led only to a truncated obelisk, beset by attacks by the Know Nothing Party and lack of secured funding and, from the mid-1850s, to a twenty-year interregnum. It was only 1n 1876 that a Joint Commission of Congress revived the Monument and entrusted its completion to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.In "To the Immortal Name and Memory of George Washington": The United States Corps of Engineers and the Construction of the Washington Monument, historian Louis Torres tells the fascinating story of the Monument, with a particular focus on the efforts of Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Lincoln Casey, Captain George W. Davis, and civilian Corps employee Bernard Richardson Green and the details of how they completed the construction of this great American landmark. The book also includes a discussion and images of the various designs, some of them incredibly elaborate compared to the austere simplicity of the original, and an account of Corps stewardship of the Monument up to its takeover by the National Park Service in 1933. First published in 1985. 148 pages, ill.
Author : Rebecca Behrens
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 45,10 MB
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1402286430
Living in the White House is like being permanently grounded. Only with better security. First Daughter Audrey Rhodes can't wait for the party she has planned. The decorations are all set and the pizza is on its way. But the Secret Service must be out to ruin her life, because they cancel at the last minute, squashing Audrey's chances for making any new friends. What good is having your own bowling alley if you don't have anyone to play with? Audrey is ready to give up and spend the next four years totally friendless—until she discovers Alice Roosevelt's hidden diary. The former First Daughter's outrageous antics give Audrey a ton of ideas for having fun...and get her into more trouble than she can handle. A fun, smart middle grade debut that brings a fascinating historical character to vibrant life in an accessible, modern context Praise for When Audrey Met Alice: "The combination of humor, history, light romance and social consciousness make Rebecca Behrens' debut novel a winner."—BookPage "Rebecca Behrens combines charming and quirky characters from two different centuries, creating a believable, engaging story that tugs at the heart and tickles the funny bone."—Nikki Loftin, award-winning author of The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy "Outrageous and riveting. ...this book aims to inspire and stir young girls to unearth their inner Alice Roosevelt and to 'eat up the world.'"—School Library Journal
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Page : 1264 pages
File Size : 17,32 MB
Release : 1898
Category : United States
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Author : Huntington Family Association
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Page : 1232 pages
File Size : 39,27 MB
Release : 1915
Category : Reference
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Author : Edward K. Muller
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 37,96 MB
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 082298699X
Pittsburgh’s explosive industrial and population growth between the mid-nineteenth century and the Great Depression required constant attention to city-building. Private, profit-oriented firms, often with government involvement, provided necessary transportation, energy resources, and suitable industrial and residential sites. Meeting these requirements in the region’s challenging hilly topographical and riverine environment resulted in the dramatic reshaping of the natural landscape. At the same time, the Pittsburgh region’s free market, private enterprise emphasis created socio-economic imbalances and badly polluted the air, water, and land. Industrial stagnation, temporarily interrupted by wars, and then followed deindustrialization inspired the formation of powerful public-private partnerships to address the region’s mounting infrastructural, economic, and social problems. The sixteen essays in Making Industrial Pittsburgh Modern examine important aspects of the modernizing efforts to make Pittsburgh and Southwestern Pennsylvania a successful metropolitan region. The city-building experiences continue to influence the region’s economic transformation, spatial structure, and life experience.
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Page : 390 pages
File Size : 21,25 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Connecticut
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