Rangeley Through Time
9781635000177
Regular price $22.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%His diligent research has uncovered many early photographs from private family archives and other sources, which have never been made public until this time. People who enjoy reading about the past will enjoy seeing how Rangeley looked decades ago.
New Orleans Fabulous Streetcars
9781625450395
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9781625450586
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9781634990066
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9781635000368
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9781635000337
Regular price $22.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Long ago the wild southern badlands of Monmouth, Ocean County broke away in 1850. After many decades of dormancy, the county now boasts one of the East Coast's most revered theme parks, five major hospitals, a minor league baseball team and stadium, one of the world's largest yeshivas, miles of pristine and preserved barrier island beach space, pine barren wilderness, a healthy manufacturing sector, and sprawling developments with their associated shopping malls.
Once sought out by individuals and communities for its isolated quiet beauty, there is no turning back for Ocean County. This book intends to serve as an armchair tour guide documenting the evolution of both well-known landmarks and back road locales for long-time residents and newcomers alike.
Abandoned Eastern Kansas
9781634993661
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9781625450890
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9781635000023
Regular price $22.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Along the way numerous Vernacular-style farmhouses and barns were built to match the particular needs and backgrounds of the new settlers.
Geology played an important part of the early settlement of Sheffield Township. The ancient beach ridges left behind by retreating glacial lakes were the first areas selected for homesteads because of their rich sandy soils. The land along the lakeshore was the least desired by the early settlers because of its high clay content. When Bavarians emigrant arrived in the mid-1800s, they discovered the shorelands were excellent for growing grapes and pastures for their livestock. These factors coupled with stream-power provided by the Black River and French Creek allowed Sheffield to flourish.
Westminster College Through Time
9781635000030
Regular price $22.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%A fascinating insight into the rich history of Westminster College. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of its distinctive past.
The college has a proud tradition of excellence and a distinctive past. This photo journal helps capture some of the unique story that makes up Westminster College.
Pemberton Through Time
9781635000009
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As early as the 1820s, company towns had formed around the Pembertons' first mills and both communities were self-sufficient with stores, churches, schools and skilled craftsmen.
When steam plants in larger communities replaced water-powered mills, the Pembertons turned to service industries. Grand hotels were marketed to the wealthy for the healing power of surrounding cedar water lakes and fresh pine air in the township. The borough shed its company town beginnings in lining the main street with shops and services. Blueberry and cranberry farming replaced pig iron smelting and the creeks and lakes wending through both towns were retired from wheel turning to become leisurely retreats.
Albany Through Time
9781684730155
Regular price $24.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Albany, New York, can be considered an eccentric city. While it is rich in history, those in power over the years have seen no reason to save it. Albanians love their history, yet politicians and business leaders, it seems, do not.
Albany's four centuries of history can be revealed by simply walking up and down one street: Albany's main street, named State Street, originally called Yonkers Street ("Gentleman's Street" in Dutch).
State Street is 1,100 feet long and 100 feet wide, packed with standing relics of this history. This book will take you through the centuries by showing maps, illustrations, and photos of that time period, with interesting bits of history associated with each. Many of the landmark buildings have been demolished over the years, so we can only honor and appreciate the ones that have survived with hopes that the wrecking ball will not take the rest.
Dighton Through Time
9781684730148
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9781634993203
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%South Florida is known for its beaches, nightclubs, and party atmosphere, but underneath is a history of corruption, drugs, and violence. For those structures that have withstood the harsh perils of time, they have been destroyed by man's ever-growing quest for money.
In Abandoned South Florida, David Bulit will take you through a series of locations that locals tend to have forgotten about or would rather not discuss. You'll venture through a church part of the cult the Nation of Yahweh; a prison which was the site of one of the largest prison escapes in Florida's history; a once popular hotel turned squatter's paradise; a shopping mall which became a haven for the homeless and bats alike; the last tuberculosis hospital in the state of Florida; and many more places that have been consumed by the jaws of development.
Abandoned Pennsylvania
9781634993227
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Abandoned Pennsylvania: Remains of the Keystone State provides readers a glimpse back to times left behind. A once-booming state, which played a central role in the American Revolution, is now home to countless abandonments, from the big cities lush in forgotten churches and schools with remarkable architecture to small rural coal mining towns trapped in time that hold the remnants of former homes, hospitals, jails, and mills. Look deep inside through the 141 color photographs of these crumbling beautiful structures and discover the beauty in the natural decay. Explore the magnificent remnants of a 110-room mansion that holds ties to the Titanic. Wander the tracks of an old rickety wooden roller coaster engulfed in foliage or an old silk mill that has colorful threads from end to end. Follow the journey and step inside Pennsylvania like you never knew and discover what lies behind closed doors. These once well-constructed, elegant structures will meet their demise and fall victim to mother nature and vandalism.
Schenectady
9781634993210
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%The story of electric rail transportation in Schenectady mirrors the development of urban transportation throughout America in many ways, but it also has its own peculiar local characteristics. Most notably, Schenectady had some of the finest amenities for street railway passengers in the nation, including a Beaux-Arts waiting room with 45-foot-tall ceilings, the longest trolley bridge in the world, and "Bullet" cars capable of traveling at 90 mph. These amenities helped make Schenectady the hub of a regional interurban trolley network, with hourly service or better to the region's other urban centers. With two major factory complexes employing a significant percentage of the city's population, Schenectady also had some of the most concentrated rush hour traffic found anywhere.
This book focuses on the chronology and location of the streetcar and interurban routes partially or wholly in Schenectady. It is hoped that this book can also provide the reader with a brief overview of the geographic development of the "City That Lights and Hauls the World." Much of this development took place in tandem with the growth of the street railway system.
Abandoned Alabama
9781634993234
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Leftover bones are everywhere. They are throughout our surrounding communities, towns, and cities. They are residual pieces of history and decay, of the days gone by. They can be found driving down backroads, walking down spooky alleyways, and investigating abandoned homes and businesses. We are usually too busy with the hustle and bustle of everyday life to notice. Some, if not all, of these leftover bones will be treated as an eyesore or a nuisance and will eventually be destroyed without ever being documented by pen, paper, or photography.
Documenting these remaining formations through her own eyes and a photo lens, the author and photographer of this book, April Wood Holdridge, invites you to join her as she tries to slow time enough for you to appreciate the magnificence of the descent of the days gone by.
Murders, Mysteries, and Misdemeanors in Southern California
9781634993241
Regular price $22.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Southern California can be called a sunny place for shady people. Its criminal history is as rich and varied as anywhere. Old West outlaws, serial killers, gangsters and thieves have all robbed, raided, killed and died south of Sacramento. Home to the movie business, Los Angeles has long been a place of bright lights and dark deeds.
Major Raymond Lisenba, California's last man to hang, committed murder-by-rattlesnake. Fueled by a half-pint of illegal whiskey, Dallas Egan danced his way to the gallows. "Yacht Bandit" Lloyd Sampsell cruised California's coast like a latter-day buccaneer, only visiting dry land for another robbery. Joaquin Murieta terrorized the goldfields and Southern California, entering Californian history and folklore in the process.
Billy Cook entered popular culture (and San Quentin's gas chamber), inspiring The Doors' "Riders on the Storm" and classic film The Hitcher. James "Rabbit" Kendrick's execution inspired friend and fellow-convict Merle Haggard to go straight. Haggard immortalized Kendrick with country classic "Sing Me Back Home."
Some are well-remembered, others long forgotten, but all have their own place in California's chronicles of crime.
Country Store to Corner Market
9781634993265
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Abandoned Maryland
9781634993272
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%The eastern shore of Maryland, an area of flat lands, is filled with vast amounts of farmland and chicken houses. Among all these you will find many abandoned properties, many with historical significance to the beginnings of the eastern shore. If you were to spend much time here, these abandoned structures become easily overlooked, as it is a common sight and eventually blurs into the background. In many cases, it is hard to tell if a building is abandoned or still occupied.
Properties which families once lived and worked are now torn down and gone forever. Once busy villages now sit quiet and undisturbed except by nature. Maryland based photographer, Carol Bardzell, captures these places in the hope she can bring to light the beauty in what is usually ignored or overlooked.
With over 100 photographs, local history, and personal narrative, Abandoned Maryland: Eastern Shore gives readers a visual journey into the explorations of these abandoned properties.
A Report of the Exploring Expedition to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-44
9781634993258
Regular price $28.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Abandoned Anderson, Indiana
9781634994033
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9781634994231
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9781635000399
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9781635000580
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9781635000610
Regular price $22.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Botanical Gardens of Western Florida Through Time, The
9781635000191
Regular price $22.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Botanical gardens that often began with just a few seeds and cuttings grow into places of scientific significance where studies can be documented, collections can be monitored and new findings can be uncovered, while the gathered information can be shared with others. Botanical gardens are crucial for conservation efforts, and they also provide enjoyment to visitors who come to see their splendor.
The images and stories behind each botanical garden found in this book offer viewers a chance to learn how these gardens began and unfolded over time.
The Isles of Shoals Through Time
9781635001051
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%There are relatively few places in the world where time seems to stand still. Incremental changes have occurred on the Isles of Shoals, but they remain hidden beneath the natural and historical beauty that has been their hallmark since the late 1800s. Old Shoalers such as "Uncle" Oscar Laighton and the famed poet, Celia Thaxter, would still recognize the place today, from the grandeur of the Oceanic Hotel on Star Island and the wilds of Duck Island, to the stoicism of duty-bound White Island Lighthouse.
The Isles of Shoals Through Time is a visual journey to this offshore haven, a reflection of summers past and a prediction of summers yet to come. Stepping off the boat at Star, we wander past cottages and monuments. On Appledore Island we witness the rugged, natural beauty that attracted artists of all types. As we cruise through the islands as the sun sets on the Maine and New Hampshire coastlines, we are reminded why visitors return year after year to this timeless place.
Monroe Through Time
9781635000184
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9781634991711
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9781635000955
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9781635000382
Regular price $22.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%With a history like no other in America, Provincetown already had been the sacred ground of Thorwald, the Icelandic Viking in 1004. But beginning in the seventeenth, it evolved through a five centuries continuum; it would become the first to welcome the Pilgrims before they traveled on to that "Rock" they're always talking about. It would become the largest whaling and British Revolutionary War staging port, the largest artist colony and producer of more Pulitzer Prizes for its combined literatures before being dubbed the most popular gay resort in the world.
The Provincetown Film Festival kicks off the summer season every year, and grows with the annual blessing of the Portuguese fishing fleet. It seems to hit its stride by the 4th of July, "Bear Week" and "Carnival"-P'town's take on Marti Gras-with its "fabulous" parade and winds up with the "over the top" Halloween Costume Ball. All of this under the glow of a 252 foot granite block illuminated Pilgrim's Monument, a replicated fourteenth century Italian tower.
What is phenomenal, it is still a quaint little New England seaside fishing village!