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Cover of Southeastern Pennsylvania Trolleys
by Kenneth C. Springirth
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2008

An extensive number of trolley car lines linked the city of Philadelphia to the rich farmland and picturesque towns of southeastern Pennsylvania. These trolley lines traversed miles of narrow streets lined with row houses whose residents were proud working-class Americans. These historic photographs...
Cover of Italians in Haverhill
by Patricia Trainor O’Malley Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2001

Italian immigrants became permanent residents of Haverhill in the 1870s. The original Genoese first drew their relatives and friends from their home area to join them. Over the next few decades, they were joined by families from the central province of Abruzzi and from the towns and villages around Naples....
Cover of Chicago's Fashion History
by Mary Beth Klatt
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2010

From the ashes of the Chicago Fire of 1871 came the birth of the city�s fashion scene as entrepreneurs built new storefronts virtually overnight. Aided by the Windy City�s incredible network of railroads, these fledgling enterprises in turn created millionaires who wanted to wear the latest clothes...
Cover of Chester County Mushroom Farming
by Bruce Edward Mowday
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2008

Chester County is well known for its sprawling scenic views, rich farmland, the Main Line, and mushrooms. Chester County, and specifically the village of Kennett Square, is known as the mushroom capital of the world because of the quantity and quality of mushrooms grown there. Mushrooms have been around...
Cover of Italian Americans of the Greater Mahoning Valley
by Dr. Donna M. DeBlasio, Dr. Martha I. Pallante
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015

Between 1890 and 1924, Italian immigrants flocked to Ohio's Mahoning Valley. The area's burgeoning iron and steel industries beckoned with job prospects for immigrants fleeing southern and eastern Europe--particularly from southern Italy, a region that at the time lacked opportunity and highly taxed...
Cover of German Chicago Revisited
by Raymond Lohne
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2001

German Chicago Revisited follows the photographic study which began in German Chicago: The Danube Swabians and the American Aid Societies. With this latest title in the Images of America series, historian and photographer Raymond Lohne crafts another volume about a group of American citizens who preserve...
Cover of Greeks in Tarpon Springs
by Tina Bucuvalas
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016

Beginning in 1905, large numbers of Greeks from the Dodecanese and Saronic Gulf islands settled in Tarpon Springs to work in the sponge business. They significantly expanded the industry and changed Tarpon Springs forever. Greektown flourished with residences, stores, churches, restaurants, and recreational...
Cover of German New York City
by Richard Panchyk
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008

German New York City celebrates the rich cultural heritage of the hundreds of thousands of German immigrants who left the poverty and turmoil of 19th- and 20th-century Europe for the promise of a better life in the bustling American metropolis. German immigration to New York peaked during the 1850s and...
Cover of Around Caroline
by Patricia A. Brhel
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016

Nestled in the rolling hills of the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York, Caroline is a true community and always has been. In 1795, the first two families came with horses and settled in permanently. The founding mother, Widow Earsley, and her children returned to the cabin that she and her oldest...
Cover of Monroeville

Monroeville

The Search for Harper Lee's Maycomb

by Monroe County Heritage Museums
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1999

For 39 years, people from all over the world and all walks of life have come to the small town of Monroeville, Alabama, in search of a place called Maycomb. They come in search of a story that have moved millions of people with its enduring message, and in search of the world of the storyteller. Monroeville:...
Cover of Bridgeport
by Judy Barrett
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014

A truly unique hamlet, Bridgeport lies in both the towns of Cicero, in Onondaga County, and Sullivan, in Madison County. It is divided only by Chittenango Creek, which was the main attraction for settlement in the early years. Farms developed on the shores of Oneida Lake and the creek, while small industries...
Cover of Geneva, Illinois
by Jo Fredell Higgins
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2002

The essence of Geneva lies in the city's distinctive hometown quality and relaxed atmosphere. Visitors sense a slower pace and tender ambience that flourished even before Geneva was platted on May 3, 1837. Geneva, Illinois presents a remarkable portrait of the community's earliest beginnings and present-day...
Cover of Brookfield and Elm Grove
by Thomas Ramstack
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2009

The old town of Brookfield provides an ethnic microcosm of what makes Wisconsin�s settlement story so unique. As Native Americans, primarily the Potawatomi tribe, were forced out of the region, in came large numbers of Protestant farmers from New York State. A step and a half behind the New Yorkers...
Cover of New Jersey's Lindbergh Kidnapping and Trial
by Mark W. Falzini, James Davidson
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012

The kidnapping and murder of Charles Lindbergh Jr. and the subsequent arrest, trial, and execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann have intrigued true crime buffs for decades. New Jersey�s Lindbergh Kidnapping and Trial tells the story of �the case that never dies� through vintage photographs. Rare...
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