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  • Roseville

    by Terry Minnis, John Minnis ...
    Series series Images of America
    Contrary to popular notion (and the city's street and welcome signs, which feature an iconic rose bloom), Roseville is not named after the flower but after Denison Rose, a hero of the War of 1812. His son William Rose was named the first postmaster in 1836. Roseville incorporated as a village in 1926 and as a city in 1958. Known as a "bedroom community" because of its location halfway between ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund of Detroit

    100 Years

    by John Minnis, Lauren McGregor, Old Newsboys' Goodfellow Fund ...
    Series series Images of America
    It started with a cartoon��Forgotten,� by Tom May�in which a poor child, too young and innocent to understand why she had not received a Christmas present from Santa, weeps over an empty stocking. It ran on Christmas Day in 1908 in the Detroit Journal, where it caught the attention of key Detroit businessmen. Deeply moved, they entered into a solemn pact to do all within their power to prevent any ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Michigan State Fair

    by John Minnis, Lauren Beaver ...
    Series series Images of America
    First held in 1849 in Detroit, the location of the Michigan State Fair rotated in the early years between Detroit, Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, Adrian, Jackson, Grand Rapids, East Saginaw, Lansing, and Pontiac before settling permanently in Detroit. When Detroit department store magnate Joseph L. Hudson sold 135 acres of Woodward Avenue farmland to the Michigan State Agricultural Society in 1905 for $1, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Britain's Lost Railways

    A Commemoration of our finest railway architecture

    by John Minnis ...
    The beautifully restored St Pancras Station is a magisterial example of Britain’s finest Victorian architecture. Like the viaducts at Belah and Crumlin, cathedral-like stations such as Nottingham Victoria and spectacular railway hotels like Glasgow St Enoch's, it stands proud as testament to Britain's architectural heritage.In this stunning book, John Minnis reveals Britain's finest railway ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

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  • The Iowa State Fair: In Vintage Postcards

    by Ron Playle ...
    Series series Postcard History Series
    Each August, the Iowa State Fairgrounds, home to America's quintessential state fair, becomes 400 acres of sights, sounds, and aromas. More than just a showcase for farm machinery, the fair has one of the world's largest livestock shows, hundreds of competitive events, first-class entertainment, and ever imaginable food-on-a-stick. The first Iowa State Fair, held in 1854 at Fairfield, drew 10,000 ... Read more

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  • Lighthouses of Eastern Michigan

    by Wil O'Connell, Pat O'Connell ...
    Series series Images of America
    From the Straits of Mackinac to the Detroit River, Images of America: Lighthouses of Eastern Michigan reveals intriguing stories of lighthouses and the people who depended on them. Readers will enjoy discovering what happened when a large ship fell 20 feet over one of the Soo Locks and the captain commented, �Good-bye Old World,� as well as of a persistent ghost that caused havoc with the Coast ... Read more

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  • Lake Forest Day

    100 Years of Celebration

    by Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Historical Society ...
    Series series Images of America
    The first Lake Forest Day in 1908 included a hot air balloon ascension, a cutest baby contest, a mind-reading dog, and a vaudeville show. Proceeds from this event, organized by the Lake Forest Woman�s Club, funded the Contagious Hospital, which eventually merged into Lake Forest Hospital. American Legion Post 264 took over in 1921 and has maintained this extraordinary tradition ever since. This ... Read more

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  • Route 66 in Chicago

    by David G. Clark ...
    Series series Images of America
    It winds from Chicago to L.A.��so says Nat �King� Cole�s classic hit �(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66.� Beginning in 1926, Route 66 was the only U.S. highwayproviding a direct connection between the Windy City and the City of Angels; thus, it is no wonder that Route 66 would become the metaphor of the Americanjourney. The crescent-shaped route from the shore of Lake Michigan to the southern Pacific ... Read more

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  • New Orleans Carnival Krewes

    The History, Spirit & Secrets of Mardi Gras

    by Rosary O'Neill ...
    "The traditions, the secret societies and the history of how New Orleans and Mardi Gras came to be as integral to each other as red beans and rice" ( Blogcritics ).New Orleans is practically synonymous with Mardi Gras. Both evoke the parades, the beads, the costumes, the food—the pomp and circumstance. The carnival krewes are the backbone of this Big Easy tradition. Every year, different krewes ... Read more

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  • Rantoul and Chanute Air Force Base

    by Mark D. Hanson ...
    Series series Images of America
    Rantoul and the former Chanute Air Force Base are inseparably intertwined as primary players in a single historical narrative. Rantoul was first founded as an agriculturally based community in 1848 near an area known as Mink Grove. The settlement boomed with the coming of the Illinois Central Railroad in 1854; a railroad championed by the town�s namesake, Robert Rantoul Jr. Disaster followed in ... Read more

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  • Detroit's Historic Hotels and Restaurants

    by Patricia Ibbotson ...
    Series series Postcard History Series
    Detroit's population grew rapidly after the beginning of the 20th century due to the growth of the automobile and other industries, and the city became a tourist and convention center. Detroit was in its heyday in the 1920s when it was the fourth-largest city in the United States. Some of Detroit's larger hotels were architectural masterpieces, nationally known, and were the center of ... Read more

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  • North Carolina Rhododendron Festival

    by Sharon Webb ...
    Series series Images of America
    Deep in the heart of the southern Appalachian Mountains lies Roan Mountain, the second-highest peak east of the Mississippi and home to one of the most breathtaking, naturally recurring phenomenon in the world: 600 acres of Catawba rhododendron that bloom each year in mid-June. In an effort to promote tourism and draw attention to this area, North Carolina and Tennessee joined together to form the ... Read more

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