Amid the pages of San Francisco's Chinatown, a 2006 entry in Arcadia Publishing's Images of America series, is a 1968 photo from what we are told is "Chinatown's first demonstration." Well-dressed Chinese youths are marching onto Grant Avenue, and a young man in front holds a sign that reads, "Keep Grant Avenue narrow, dirty and quaint for tourists!"

“Holbrook and the Petrified Forest,” a pictorial history by Catherine H. Ellis published by Arcadia Publishing, will officially be on-sale on Monday, May 28.

Cindy Jacobs of Mooresville tries to live the philosophy that was passed on to her: There is nothing that is unimportant. You have to have it all as a community.

After retiring from high profile careers in the field of education, Linda S. Hartsock and Marty A. Burns were determined to use their golden years to do all those things they always wanted to do but never had the time while working. Becoming coauthors of a book, “Voices of Chincoteague,” was an accomplishment neither of them anticipated. Their book, published by Arcadia Publishing, will go on sale Wednesday, June 6.

Seth Mallios, 35, deals with ancient bones in his anthropology and archaeology classes at San Diego State University. But to make them relevant to today's students, he ties the present to the past and directs them to check out local cemeteries.

A wealth of images, including some unexpected finds, brings the past to life in a pair of books being published this month about two of Contra Costa County's smaller communities.

Next time you receive a postcard, you might want to think about what value it might have to future historians. Curtis Tomak and Joanne Stuttgen's new "Morgan County" postcard book offers a gaze at life in Morgan County in the 20th century via postcards.

Elinor Evans Martin, is the latest local historian to write a book for the popular Arcadia Publishing “Images of America” series. Her effort keeps with the formula of the books telling the story of an area with historic photographs.

Although “Dennis,” an annotated, pictorial tour of the town in bygone days, took just a year to complete, it was eight generations in the making.

Arcadia Publishing is releasing the book “Johnson City Firefighting” next Monday through its Images of America collection. The 126-page book retails for $19.99 and is available at area bookstores, online at www.arcadiapublishing.comand over the phone at (888) 313-2665.

How many Americans, even among aviation enthusiasts, might be able to answer quickly as to the name of the key figure present at what may be considered the birth of military aviation in the United States? Certainly not many will have been aware that Thaddeus S.C. Lowe was the man who pioneered the use of hot air balloons for military purposes at the outset of the Civil War, and converted a coal barge on the Potomac River into the world’s first aircraft carrier by using it to launch those balloons.

A new book about the history of southwestern Pennsylvania and the development of the Catholic diocese over the past 150 years is a visual delight, filled with hundreds of vintage photographs and commentary by Pittsburgh native Mary Ann Knochel.

A recent addition to the never-high-enough stack of books about Prescott, Images of America: Prescott is filled with black-and-white historical photographs. The cover highlights a roulette table and several patrons in the newly rebuilt Palace Saloon of 1901.

From the pictures, it is easy to see why several of Bow's most successful citizens - its mill owners and its selectmen - made their homes on South Street. The two-story colonial farmhouses are stately and spacious. The lawns are dotted with tall trees, and picket fences mark the boundaries of the owners' expansive fields.

MARSHALL — Susan Collins has made Marshall history her business for more than three decades, and she now has a book to show for it. “Marshall,” part of Arcadia Publishing’s “Images of America” series, is scheduled for release Monday. Collins is one of the book’s authors, as well as Jane Ammeson of Stevensville.

FALLBROOK -- A new book depicting the early history of Fallbrook in photographs will debut Monday, highlighting the town's roots as an agricultural haven and putting faces with the names of its earliest settlers, those involved with the project said last week.

MARSHALL — Susan Collins has made Marshall history her business for more than three decades, and she now has a book to show for it.

The origin of baseball has long since been in question. Legend has it that Abner Doubleday invented the sport in 1839. Historians say it was the brainchild of Alexander Cartwright six years later, while others contend baseball evolved from a confluence of games that stretched back to the Romans.

AS MUCH as we all treasure the natural wonder that is New Hampshire, there are times when the perspective of outsiders helps to remind us of the beauty that surrounds us.

About three years ago, Tim Sharp realized something was missing from the big picture of Memphis music history.

EDMOND — Amy Dee Stephens has much in common with children seen in the Oklahoma City Zoo’s early day photos. Like them, she visited the zoo often as a child growing up in Oklahoma City.

YOUNGSTOWN — According to the authors of a new book chronicling Youngstown State University's history, a live penguin named "Pete" was the predecessor to the university's life-size, plush mascot couple Pete and Penny Penguin.

WINDSOR LOCKS - In her book that will be available in stores this month, resident Maria Giannuzzi gives a detailed visual history of the Windsor Locks Canal that she hopes will carry a strong message: what we don't preserve, we lose.

A brand new local history of Anaheim book by Anaheim's own Stephen Faessel was just released. Faessel is an Anaheim native who has been a volunteer with the Anaheim Museum and Anaheim Historical Society. He currently serves as a commissioner in the city.

WATERTOWN, MA - Although most longtime residents of Watertown are well aware of the important role of the Watertown Arsenal in both local and American history, relatively few realize the amazing scope of work accomplished there. For 150 years, in support of whatever the national interest was conceived to be at the time, the Arsenal delivered what the armed forces wanted.

Bo knows Mount Pleasant. An apartment at 1724 Newton St. NW, to be precise. That’s where Bo Diddley spent the summer of 1962, historian Mara Cherkasky determined, and to confirm it, she buttonholed the legendary bluesman at a concert last year. “I got permission to go backstage…I went and took a picture of the house,” she says. “He remembered that.”

IRONDEQUOIT— Two Christmases ago, Thomas Cole Richens' mother, Barbara Cassidy Richens, gave him the book Images of America: Gates. Knowing her son's interest in their family history — the Coles were one of Irondequoit's early pioneer families — she wondered if the Arcadia Publishing series included a book about Irondequoit.

History comes alive in a new book out just in time for a big birthday bash. Grand Island and Hall County celebrate 150 years in 2007. Stuhr Museum is releasing a book to coincide with the anniversary.