On a hot day in June 1914, a fire broke out in a leather factory a mile away from the heart of downtown Salem. Despite the efforts of local firefighters and volunteers from communities as far away as Boston, residents watched helplessly as flames leapt from rooftop to rooftop. By the time the fire finally extinguished itself in the Atlantic Ocean, it had destroyed hundreds of acres of property, damaged over a thousand buildings and left more than twenty thousand people homeless. Makeshift tent cities sprung up on Salem Common and in Forest River Park. This collection of historic photos from th... Read More
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On a hot day in June 1914, a fire broke out in a leather factory a mile away from the heart of downtown Salem. Despite the efforts of local firefighters and volunteers from communities as far away as Boston, residents watched helplessly as flames leapt from rooftop to rooftop. By the time the fire finally extinguished itself in the Atlantic Ocean, it had destroyed hundreds of acres of property, damaged over a thousand buildings and left more than twenty thousand people homeless. Makeshift tent cities sprung up on Salem Common and in Forest River Park. This collection of historic photos from th... Read More
On a hot day in June 1914, a fire broke out in a leather factory a mile away from the heart of downtown Salem. Despite the efforts of local firefighters and volunteers from communities as far away as Boston, residents watched helplessly as flames leapt from rooftop to rooftop. By the time the fire finally extinguished itself in the Atlantic Ocean, it had destroyed hundreds of acres of property, damaged over a thousand buildings and left more than twenty thousand people homeless. Makeshift tent cities sprung up on Salem Common and in Forest River Park. This collection of historic photos from the Phillips Library depicts the city before the fire, the conflagration itself and the people of Salem's united effort to rebuild and rise triumphant from the ashes.
Details
Pages: 192
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Vintage Images
Publication Date: 14th October 2008
State: Massachusetts
Illustration Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781596294714
Format: Paperback
BISACs: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) NATURE / Natural Disasters
Author Bio
Barbara Kampas is the Head of Library Collections at the Phillips Library, which is a part of the Peabody Essex Museum. She earned her MS in Library and Information Science from Simmons College in 2006 and is a member of the following organizations: the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services, and Phi Beta Mu (the Library and Information Studies honor society).
On a hot day in June 1914, a fire broke out in a leather factory a mile away from the heart of downtown Salem. Despite the efforts of local firefighters and volunteers from communities as far away as Boston, residents watched helplessly as flames leapt from rooftop to rooftop. By the time the fire finally extinguished itself in the Atlantic Ocean, it had destroyed hundreds of acres of property, damaged over a thousand buildings and left more than twenty thousand people homeless. Makeshift tent cities sprung up on Salem Common and in Forest River Park. This collection of historic photos from the Phillips Library depicts the city before the fire, the conflagration itself and the people of Salem's united effort to rebuild and rise triumphant from the ashes.
Pages: 192
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Imprint: The History Press
Series: Vintage Images
Publication Date: 14th October 2008
State: Massachusetts
Illustrations Note: Black and White
ISBN: 9781596294714
Format: Paperback
BISACs: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief PHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Historical HISTORY / United States / State & Local / New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) NATURE / Natural Disasters
Barbara Kampas is the Head of Library Collections at the Phillips Library, which is a part of the Peabody Essex Museum. She earned her MS in Library and Information Science from Simmons College in 2006 and is a member of the following organizations: the American Library Association, the Association of College and Research Libraries, the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services, and Phi Beta Mu (the Library and Information Studies honor society).
