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Plant City in Vintage Postcards

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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 134 pages

File Size : 33,74 MB

Release : 2005

Category : History

ISBN : 9780738517780

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Plant City is an ever-growing small community in Central Florida incorporated as a town in 1885. Now famous as the winter strawberry capital of the world, Plant City boasts three historic districts and five individual sites listed locally and on the National Register of Historic Sites. This volume includes more than 150 postcards from the collection of The Quintilla Geer Bruton Archives Center of the East Hillsborough Historical Society, relating the pictorial history of this town from generations past to present. Images of businesses, churches, people, and schools tell the story of Plant City's growth and development, while those of hotels, motels, cabins, and tourist homes showcase where residents and visitors stayed while enjoying Plant City.



East Orange in Vintage Postcards

Author : Bill Hart

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 17,59 MB

Release : 2000

Category : History

ISBN : 9780738504575

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By the close of the nineteenth century, East Orange was a community of mansions, tree-lined streets, and undisturbed serenity. With the addition of luxury apartment buildings in the 1920s and the continued development of Main Street and Central Avenue, East Orange quickly became one of the largest and busiest cities in New Jersey. East Orange captures the tranquillity and innocence of the city at the turn of the century. Over two hundred photo-postcards brilliantly illustrate the evolution of East Orange between 1900 and 1960, while fact-filled captions convey the passion of the residents for their hometown.



Elyria in Vintage Postcards

Author : Benjamin J. Mancine

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 13,57 MB

Release : 2004

Category : History

ISBN : 9780738532707

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Elyria was settled on the Black River near two 40-foot waterfalls, which aided milling operations and encouraged industry. Its proximity to Lake Erie further promoted travel and trade. Elyria in Vintage Postcards picks up Elyria's history 90 years after her founding in 1817, when postcards were all the rage. This fashionable mode of communication resulted in the preservation of these images of historic Elyria. This book will take you on a tour of the town through vintage postcards. Visit Elyria's now-defunct movie theaters and hotels during their prime. View Black River bridges, old mills, and an early hydroelectric plant. Discover buildings that were destroyed by fire, bridges destroyed by flood, train wrecks, and devastating snowstorms. And take a rare peek inside Elyria's early businesses, schools, and churches.



Plant City

Author : Shelby Jean Roberson Bender

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 100 pages

File Size : 30,56 MB

Release : 2011

Category : History

ISBN : 9780738587486

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Named for railroad magnate Henry B. Plant, Plant City was incorporated in 1885. Rich in history and the flavor of strawberries, it is known as the Winter Strawberry Capital of the World. Images featured are from the Quintilla Geer Bruton Archives Center and the East Hillsborough Historical Society. Shelby Jean Roberson Bender, an eighth-generation Floridian, and Roberta Donaldson Jordan, a native of Pennsylvania, have devoted many years to historical and genealogical research, publications, and instruction.



Santa Barbara: American Riviera, CA

Author : Marlin L. Heckman

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 33,23 MB

Release : 2000

Category : History

ISBN : 9780738508764

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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, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to pose for a picture. These images, printed as postcards and sold in general stores across the country, survive as telling reminders of an important era in America's history. This fascinating history of Santa Barbara, California, showcases more than 200 of the best vintage postcards available.



Hollywood in Vintage Postcards

Author : Rod Kennedy

Publisher : Gibbs Smith Publishers

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 39,38 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)

ISBN : 9781586851453

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In those days the public wanted us to live like kings and queens. So we did . . . and why not? --Gloria Swanson



Bay City and Beyond in Vintage Postcards

Author : Leon Katzinger

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 134 pages

File Size : 46,10 MB

Release : 2003

Category : History

ISBN : 9780738523484

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Throughout its history, the Bay City area has been a fascinating place to explore. Its early 20th century role as a lumber and shipping center helped it develop into a charming place to live, work, and raise a family. While thriving industry contributed to the development of Bay City itself, neighboring communities like Auburn, Essexville, Kawkawlin, Linwood, and Pinconning were developing into smaller agricultural and residential villages. This book, a companion to Bay City: 1900-1940 in Vintage Postcards, uses archival postcards to document the progress and growth that have taken place in Bay City and its surroundings. Bay City and Beyond takes readers on a captivating tour of the streets, businesses, schools, homes, people, and events that have shaped the Bay City area as it is known today.



Jersey City in Vintage Postcards

Author : Randall Gabrielan

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 46,34 MB

Release : 1999-09-01

Category : History

ISBN : 9780738549545

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Jersey City in Vintage Postcards features selected postcard images, some actual photographs, that depict Jersey Cityas early-twentieth-century rise as one of the Northeastas great urban areas. Many of the views seen here remained intact into the 1940s and 1950s. More than two hundred thirty postcards and photographs, organized geographically, also suggest an evolving Jersey City, while well researched captions describe the changing cityscape.



Columbus, Georgia in Vintage Postcards

Author : Kenneth H. Thomas

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 132 pages

File Size : 36,19 MB

Release : 2001

Category : History

ISBN : 9780738506982

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Founded in 1828 as a planned city by the Georgia Legislature, Columbus prospered due to its location on the Chattahoochee River. Industry sprang up along the shores of the Chattahoochee and shaped Columbus's identity as one of Georgia's premier cities. Today a thriving metropolis, it is the Columbus of yesteryear that is illuminated within these pages. Early postcard views reflect the city from around 1905 to 1942, showcasing many of its businesses, neighborhoods, and parks. Included are places virtually unknown to citizens today--the Bell Tower, the City Market, North Highlands Park, and Wildwood Park--as well as those that were landmarks a century ago and landmarks still: the Iron Bank, the Springer Opera House, the Union Depot, the YMCA, and Fort Benning.



Postcards of the Night

Author : John A. Jakle

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Page : 138 pages

File Size : 19,20 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Antiques & Collectibles

ISBN :

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Illustrated with eighty vintage city postcards made between the turn of the twentieth century and through the 1970's (with the emphasis on the first four decades), historical geographer, John A Jakle turns his attention to early-twentieth-century nocturnal views of America's cities and to the role of the picture postcard in popular culture. 'Postcard images', the author writes, offered important visual 'fixes' -- mental templates for visualising cities -- the vista of a downtown street at night, or a bird's eye view of a vividly lit downtown, or the dramatic lighting of monuments and other architectural landmarks. As a result, the popularity and proliferation of the penny postcard influenced how Americans thought about cities as landscape displays.