1,921円 These vintage postcards illustrate the significant role that manufacturing played in the day-to-day life of the blue-collar community of Chicopee River. The original meaning of "Chicopee" is "place where water rushes. In 1823, Jonathan Dwight purchased the water privilege at Skenungonuck Falls in...

1,921円 Vintage images document the historical transformations of Crown Heights and Weeksville.The communities of Crown Heights and Weeksville are historically significant Brooklyn neighborhoods with foundations that trace back to New York's early founding. Revolutionary War skirmishes took place there, ...

1,921円 Trace the history of the Garland City, Watertown, New York in over 200 images. Watertown began as a small hamlet of three cabins located in a wilderness. In time it grew to become the county seat of Jefferson and, from the early 1800s through the mid-1900s, a major industrial and trade center in ...

1,921円 Through glimpses at yesteryear, author Patricia Barefoot perpetuates a "southern sense of place" as it shines forth in Brunswick: The City by the Sea. Located on the coast of southeast Georgia and the sinuous sweep of poet Sidney Lanier's famed "Marshes of Glynn," Brunswick, Georgia boasts a hist...

1,917円 Both the neighborhood of Grant Park and the 131-acre park take their shared name from railroad executive Lemuel P. Grant.The park was a gift to the City of Atlanta from Grant and was designed by John Charles Olmsted, the stepson of Frederick Law Olmsted. It became an urban haven where people came...

1,917円 Prairie Avenue evolved into Chicago's most exclusive residential street during the last three decades of the 19th century.Chicago's wealthiest citizens--Marshall Field, Philip Armour, and George Pullman--were soon joined by dozens of Chicago's business, social, and civic leaders, establishing a n...

1,917円 Located 20 miles from the state capital of Jackson, Copiah County was organized after an agreement was reached with the Choctaw Indians in 1820. Named after a Native American word meaning "calling panther," Copiah County quickly became an agricultural and manufacturing hub. Once known as the "Tom...

1,917円 Meet the pioneer residents, stroll the historic business district and discover the unique architecture of Galena, Illinois! Galena, IL, nestled in the bluffs of the Mississippi River in northwest Illinois, is one of the most historic communities in the region. The townspeople take pride in the ri...

1,921円 The character of this singular suburb is preserved and celebrated in Images of America: Maywood. A must-have for fans of Illinois history. Ten miles west of Chicago on the west bank of the Des Plaines River sits Maywood, a village that was founded in 1869 by seven New England businessmen who esta...

1,921円 Pittsburgh is a working city, in no small part thanks to its strong African American community. As an integral stop on the Underground Railroad, many enslaved people traveled through Pittsburgh on their way further North, and many still decided to stay. During the Great Migration of the early 20t...

1,917円 Glens Falls presents a photographic essay of a community on the Hudson River, midway between Saratoga Springs and Lake George.The book spans the years from 1860 to 1925, when Glens Falls was reaching its peak in economic, social, political, and cultural growth. Depicted in stunning images are the...

1,917円 Discover how Over-the-Rhine's culture, politics and architecture have influenced Cincinnati's development for over 150 years. Cincinnati's Over-the-Rhine captures a fascinating urban neighborhood in vintage photographs. Early German immigrants gave the neighborhood its moniker, after the borderin...