The Gates Historical Society will throw open the doors of the Hinchey Homestead on Monday and start selling copies of its newest history book about the town.

When Nina Webber found an early 20th-century postcard of a Massachusetts house with a horse and buggy parked in front, she knew she had officially become a postcard collector. It wasn't just a charming vintage view, it was a photograph of the house she grew up in.

“Being able to walk around Monterey and see the sights of this amazingly beautiful and diverse area we live in will only add to the enjoyment of the images encapsulated in this book . . . . great images. You’d be hard-pressed to find another book out there with the picture quality of this one.”

Two of the newer books in Arcadia’s “Images of America” series are “Maple Sugaring in New Hampshire” by Barbara Mills Lassonde and “Brewing in New Hampshire” by Glenn A. Knoblock and James T. Gunter.

"Images of America: Candlewood Lake" has been published by Arcadia Publishing of Portsmouth, N.H., and the price of the book is $19.99. The book is to be released March 7, and the authors will be signing copies March 10 to 13 during the annual boat show at the Danbury Fair Mall.

One could consider Foster City a man-made miracle: Once a mass of muddy tideland, today it is home to nearly 30,000 residents and biotech heavyweights. The tale of how this came to be is chronicled by The Foster City Historical Society in the new book, "Foster City," to be released this month by Arcadia Publishing.

Day by day, Oakland firefighters ride to the rescue, fending off flames, pumping hearts back to life, lifting victims from wrecks and extracting the occasional tree-trapped kitten.

This book, profusely illustrated with a couple of hundred photographs, with excellent captions tell the story in a wonderful way. Now I'm ready to go visit Portsmouth again.

"Elbert County, Georgia" chronicles in pictures the history of black county residents and is available from Arcadia Publishing Co. as part of its Black America Series.

The town once known as Hawks Park will be featured in an "Images of America" pictorial history book, and the authors are asking for the community's help.

The Brick Store Museum will host an illustrated talk and book signing with author Kathy Ostrander on Wednesday at 7 p.m. to mark the release of “Kennebunk.” This pictorial history is the latest paperback book in the popular “Images of America” series from Arcadia Publishing, the nation’s leading local history publisher.

The caption below a 19th-century photo of the Rochester City Hospital notes that the "Dutchtown folk made good use" of it, because "with so many industries, there were endless injuries. Devastating outbreaks of cholera, scarlet fever, smallpox and other diseases" kept the beds full.

John W. Scott and Eric Ledell Smith, co-authors of "African Americans of Harrisburg" (Arcadia Publishing, $19.99), will give a presentation and sign books from noon to 2 p.m. Their 128-page book has 160 photographs and illustrations. It presents a pictorial keepsake of black families, pioneers, sports figures and visiting entertainers, along with neighborhoods that have disappeared.

A new picture-book -- Chicago's Mansions -- honors vintage homes built all over the city. The book is divided into four chapters: North Side, South Side, West Side and Lost Mansions.

Construction of the towering bridge that connects Charlestown and Chelsea began in September 1948; the opening ceremony was Feb. 26, 1950. Originally named the Mystic River Bridge, the span was renamed the Maurice J. Tobin Bridge in 1967, after the governor who set up the Mystic River Bridge Authority in 1946. Tobin also served as the mayor of Boston and as US secretary of labor in the Truman administration. The authority, said to have been the state's first agency set up to gather revenue to pay for a single purpose, lasted until 1959, when the Massachusetts Port Authority took over responsibility for the operation of the bridge.

Timothy A. Slavin, director of Delaware Public Archives, was recently appointed to the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Once, there were many of them: Sandtown, Robertson, Kinloch — pocket communities where African-Americans lived, mainly because they didn't have options to live elsewhere. Now, evidence of the communities is almost nonexistent.

Author and lecturer John Hairr will present a program on one of the most amazing predators of the deep, the great white shark, Sunday, February 20, at 2: 30 p.m. in the Lundy-Fetterman Museum and Exhibit Hall on the Campbell campus. Admission is free and open to the public.

Wawa may be the Algonkian word for "wild goose," but to Donald H. Price, executive vice president of Wawa, it means family.

One room in Aurolyn Melba Hamm’s house is littered with pictures. The newly published author wishes she’d been more organized as she compiled information and pictures for her book, "Elbert County, Georgia," that chronicles black history in the county.

Jamie Bosket's five summers working at The Depot give him a good background for telling the story of Painted Post, which he does with his new book, "Images of America: Painted Post" due to hit bookstores in late February.

Historian Martin Jacobs of San Francisco, who has had an affinity for the team since he was a kid in the 49ers' early days at Kezar Stadium, is out with his latest book on the team.

In Images of America: Pompano Park Harness Track, award-winning historian Frank J. Cavaioli, Ph D, has researched Pompano Park’s archival collection of original images and selected the most memorable ones to produce a book certain to entertain and inform. Long a proponent of local history, Cavioli has compiled a tribute to the memory of Frederick and Frances Dodge Van Lennep, who were determined to build a Standardbred horse track and to establish harness racing in Florida.

In “Images of America: Pompano Park Harness Track,” award-winning historian Frank J. Cavaioli, Ph D, has researched Pompano Park’s archival collection of original images and selected the most memorable ones to produce a book certain to entertain and inform.