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Bomber
in Prelinger Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection; produced by United States. Office for Emergency Management (District of Columbia: United States. Office for Emergency Management, 1941, originally published 1941), 10 mins
This documentary, produced by United States Office for Emergency Management, features Carl Sandburg discussing airplane bombers.
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in Prelinger Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection; produced by United States. Office for Emergency Management (District of Columbia: United States. Office for Emergency Management, 1941, originally published 1941), 10 mins
Description
This documentary, produced by United States Office for Emergency Management, features Carl Sandburg discussing airplane bombers.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
United States. Office for Emergency Management, Carl August Sandburg, 1878-1967
Date Published / Released
1941
Publisher
United States. Office for Emergency Management
Speaker / Narrator
Carl August Sandburg, 1878-1967
Person Discussed
Carl August Sandburg, 1878-1967
Topic / Theme
Airplanes, Factories, Factory workers, Industrial design, World War II, 1939-1945, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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The Ford Rouge Plant, Part 1
produced by Ford Motor Company (Detroit, MI: Ford Motor Company, 1937), 11 mins
This documentary, produced by the Ford Motor Company, is about Ford's Rouge Plant.
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produced by Ford Motor Company (Detroit, MI: Ford Motor Company, 1937), 11 mins
Description
This documentary, produced by the Ford Motor Company, is about Ford's Rouge Plant.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ford Motor Company
Date Published / Released
1937
Publisher
Ford Motor Company
Topic / Theme
Automobile manufacturing, Factories, Depression & World War II (1929–1945)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1937 by Ford Motor Company
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The Ford Rouge Plant, Part 2
produced by Ford Motor Company (Detroit, MI: Ford Motor Company, 1937), 10 mins
This documentary, produced by the Ford Motor Company, is about Ford's Rouge Plant.
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produced by Ford Motor Company (Detroit, MI: Ford Motor Company, 1937), 10 mins
Description
This documentary, produced by the Ford Motor Company, is about Ford's Rouge Plant.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ford Motor Company
Date Published / Released
1937
Publisher
Ford Motor Company
Topic / Theme
Automobile manufacturing, Factories, Depression & World War II (1929–1945)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1937 by Ford Motor Company
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The Ford Rouge Plant, Part 3
produced by Ford Motor Company (Detroit, MI: Ford Motor Company, 1937), 11 mins
This documentary, produced by the Ford Motor Company, is about Ford's Rouge Plant.
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produced by Ford Motor Company (Detroit, MI: Ford Motor Company, 1937), 11 mins
Description
This documentary, produced by the Ford Motor Company, is about Ford's Rouge Plant.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Ford Motor Company
Date Published / Released
1937
Publisher
Ford Motor Company
Topic / Theme
Automobile manufacturing, Factories, Depression & World War II (1929–1945)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1937 by Ford Motor Company
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Images of America, Alma
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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Ralph Ely, founder of Alma, selected 10 acres of old forest on the bank of the Pine River in 1853. In this central-Michigan wilderness, he built a log cabin, a log store, and two steam-powered mills—a sawmill and a gristmill. At first, his growing settlement was called Elyton, but within a few years, it was rena...
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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Ralph Ely, founder of Alma, selected 10 acres of old forest on the bank of the Pine River in 1853. In this central-Michigan wilderness, he built a log cabin, a log store, and two steam-powered mills—a sawmill and a gristmill. At first, his growing settlement was called Elyton, but within a few years, it was renamed Alma, memorializing a battle in the Crimean War. Alma was energized by the acquisition of millionaire lumberman and entrepreneur Am...
Ralph Ely, founder of Alma, selected 10 acres of old forest on the bank of the Pine River in 1853. In this central-Michigan wilderness, he built a log cabin, a log store, and two steam-powered mills—a sawmill and a gristmill. At first, his growing settlement was called Elyton, but within a few years, it was renamed Alma, memorializing a battle in the Crimean War. Alma was energized by the acquisition of millionaire lumberman and entrepreneur Ammi W. Wright, who poured his resources into the town. Wright encouraged the establishment of Alma College in 1886 and the state Masonic home for the elderly in 1911. Wright laid the foundations for Alma’s great Republic Truck Company, the largest exclusive maker of trucks in the world by 1920. The discovery of several oil fields prompted the establishment of two oil refineries in Alma in the 1930s and saved the town from the doldrums of the Great Depression. By the 1950s, Alma was a key national manufacturer of house trailers and mobile homes. This photographic panorama reflects the city’s economic cycles and its institutions that have given Alma an enviable stability through the years.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 by David McMacken
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Images of America, Around Pittsford
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 128 page(s),
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Winding north through Pittsford, Otter Creek has powered the lumber, grain, and marble mills essential to this region since 1770. Chittenden lies east of Pittsford, on the west flank of the Green Mountains, where iron and manganese deposits supplied Pittsford’s iron industry. To the south, Pittsford and Proctor...
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Winding north through Pittsford, Otter Creek has powered the lumber, grain, and marble mills essential to this region since 1770. Chittenden lies east of Pittsford, on the west flank of the Green Mountains, where iron and manganese deposits supplied Pittsford’s iron industry. To the south, Pittsford and Proctor share deep marble formations that support the economies of both towns. The first settlers were farmers drawn to the valley’s fertile...
Winding north through Pittsford, Otter Creek has powered the lumber, grain, and marble mills essential to this region since 1770. Chittenden lies east of Pittsford, on the west flank of the Green Mountains, where iron and manganese deposits supplied Pittsford’s iron industry. To the south, Pittsford and Proctor share deep marble formations that support the economies of both towns. The first settlers were farmers drawn to the valley’s fertile soil and mountain forests. They were joined by lumber barons, lawyers, merchants, and artists. European and French Canadian immigrants soon followed and farmed, built the railroad, or quarried and carved marble. Closely linked by the industries that helped build them, these communities have evolved into today’s thriving hometowns of workers in Rutland.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 by Peggy Armitage for Pittsford Historical Society Inc.
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Images of America, Catasauqua and North Catasauqua
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002), 128 page(s),
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Once among the wealthiest communities in the country, Catasauqua was the birthplace of the modern American iron and steel industry. The energy and inventiveness of industrialists such as David Thomas, J.W. Fuller, and Leonard Peckitt spurred the growth and spread the fame of the Iron Borough far beyond the Lehigh...
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002), 128 page(s),
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Once among the wealthiest communities in the country, Catasauqua was the birthplace of the modern American iron and steel industry. The energy and inventiveness of industrialists such as David Thomas, J.W. Fuller, and Leonard Peckitt spurred the growth and spread the fame of the Iron Borough far beyond the Lehigh Valley. Entrepreneurs and workers flocked to Catasauqua and North Catasauqua. They filled its mansions and row houses, churches and sch...
Once among the wealthiest communities in the country, Catasauqua was the birthplace of the modern American iron and steel industry. The energy and inventiveness of industrialists such as David Thomas, J.W. Fuller, and Leonard Peckitt spurred the growth and spread the fame of the Iron Borough far beyond the Lehigh Valley. Entrepreneurs and workers flocked to Catasauqua and North Catasauqua. They filled its mansions and row houses, churches and schools, silk mills, saloons, and playing fields with families who were proud to call the "Million Dollar Town" home. Their pride is evident in the images in Catasauqua and North Catasauqua. Bustling businesses, spacious schools, cherished churches, opulent houses, big parades and public celebrations, and strong, confident faces abound in these photographs. The culmination of that pride and prosperity came in 1914, when Catasauqua welcomed the world to celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Crane Iron Works with Old Home Week. Less than ten years later, the iron business was gone, its last years recorded in extraordinary photographs. Life in Catasauqua, though harder, went on and today, the heritage of the Iron Borough days is visible everywhere in both towns-the streets, houses, and churches still loved and lived in as they were a century or more ago.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2002 by Martha Capwell Fox
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Images of America, Deep River and Ivorytown
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2001), 128 page(s),
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Deep River and Ivoryton, two villages in the lower Connecticut River Valley, were dominated for more than a century by "white gold"-ivory. The growth of the piano industry led to a new use for this exotic and long-treasured substance and, suddenly, the two villages became tied to Zanzibar, the most important expor...
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2001), 128 page(s),
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Deep River and Ivoryton, two villages in the lower Connecticut River Valley, were dominated for more than a century by "white gold"-ivory. The growth of the piano industry led to a new use for this exotic and long-treasured substance and, suddenly, the two villages became tied to Zanzibar, the most important exporting place for the tusks of African elephants. With more than two hundred exceptional photographs and narrative, Deep River and Ivoryto...
Deep River and Ivoryton, two villages in the lower Connecticut River Valley, were dominated for more than a century by "white gold"-ivory. The growth of the piano industry led to a new use for this exotic and long-treasured substance and, suddenly, the two villages became tied to Zanzibar, the most important exporting place for the tusks of African elephants. With more than two hundred exceptional photographs and narrative, Deep River and Ivoryton tells the story of how ivory shaped the economy and culture of these villages. Two companies, Pratt, Read & Company and the Comstock, Cheney & Company, employed thousands of people in satisfying the demand for new pianos. Probably more than ninety percent of the ivory processed in this country was handled in Deep River and Ivoryton. The demand for new instruments slowed with the invention of the radio, followed by the Great Depression of the 1930s, and the flow of material stopped altogether in the 1950s, when the use of ivory in the United States was banned.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2002 by Don Malcarne, Edith DeForest, and Robbi Storms
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Images of America, Egg Harbor City
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 128 page(s),
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Egg Harbor City was founded as a refuge from the sweeping nativism of the Know-Nothings, a group that tried to limit immigration and naturalization into the United States. Egg Harbor City was a place where German Americans could maintain the traditions, language, and lifestyle of their fatherland. The city was des...
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Egg Harbor City was founded as a refuge from the sweeping nativism of the Know-Nothings, a group that tried to limit immigration and naturalization into the United States. Egg Harbor City was a place where German Americans could maintain the traditions, language, and lifestyle of their fatherland. The city was designed in rectangular blocks with lots for building, gardening, or farming. Parks were built and a harbor was planned on the north side...
Egg Harbor City was founded as a refuge from the sweeping nativism of the Know-Nothings, a group that tried to limit immigration and naturalization into the United States. Egg Harbor City was a place where German Americans could maintain the traditions, language, and lifestyle of their fatherland. The city was designed in rectangular blocks with lots for building, gardening, or farming. Parks were built and a harbor was planned on the north side of the city with rail lines connecting it to the Camden and Atlantic Railroad. Following the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, Egg Harbor City's wines earned the community great respect, and it became known as the "Wine City," drawing hundreds of visitors to its many wineries. Egg Harbor City celebrates the early years of the place once known as the most German city in the United States of America.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010 by Mark W. Maxwell
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Images of America, Farming in Carroll County
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 128 page(s),
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Carroll County’s road signs are a testament to the farm families who settled here. Bollinger, Hoff, Roop, Baugher, Royer, Bushey, and many more are road names that honor those who have produced food for themselves and the nation in times of peace, war, and the Great Depression. In 1917, when the first county agr...
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Carroll County’s road signs are a testament to the farm families who settled here. Bollinger, Hoff, Roop, Baugher, Royer, Bushey, and many more are road names that honor those who have produced food for themselves and the nation in times of peace, war, and the Great Depression. In 1917, when the first county agricultural agent arrived, 96.6 percent of the land was held in 3,384 farms. By 1926, Carroll County, Maryland, led the state in corn, sw...
Carroll County’s road signs are a testament to the farm families who settled here. Bollinger, Hoff, Roop, Baugher, Royer, Bushey, and many more are road names that honor those who have produced food for themselves and the nation in times of peace, war, and the Great Depression. In 1917, when the first county agricultural agent arrived, 96.6 percent of the land was held in 3,384 farms. By 1926, Carroll County, Maryland, led the state in corn, swine, and poultry production. It was second in dairy and beef, and it was the world leader in wormseed oil production. A prominent feature of Carroll County’s landscape has always been the red barns, and they still are today. The photographs in this book were collected from farm families and historical organizations, portraying a unique insider’s view of the history of farm life in Carroll County.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Topic / Theme
Farming
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 by Lyndi McNulty
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