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The American Indian: How He Earns a Living
in Prelinger Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection (New York, NY: Harmon Foundation, 1933, originally published 1933), 14 mins
Scenes, introduced by intertitles, of Indians engaged in arts and crafts, fishing, logging, agriculture, irrigation projects.
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in Prelinger Collection, of United States. Library of Congress. Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Collection (New York, NY: Harmon Foundation, 1933, originally published 1933), 14 mins
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Scenes, introduced by intertitles, of Indians engaged in arts and crafts, fishing, logging, agriculture, irrigation projects.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Documentary
Date Published / Released
1933
Publisher
Harmon Foundation
Topic / Theme
Agriculture, American Indians, Buffalo, Farming, Fish (Animal), Logging, Vocational education, American History, Depression & World War II (1929–1945), Aka, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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D.A.R. Manual for Citizenship: 1935
written by Elizabeth Cynthia Barney Buel, 1868- (Daughters of the American Revolution, 1935), 83 page(s)
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written by Elizabeth Cynthia Barney Buel, 1868- (Daughters of the American Revolution, 1935), 83 page(s)
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General Audience
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Monograph
Author / Creator
Elizabeth Cynthia Barney Buel, 1868-
Date Published / Released
1935
Publisher
Daughters of the American Revolution
Topic / Theme
Citizenship
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Fiji: Handbook of the Colony, Special Wartime Issue
edited by Leonard G. Usher, fl. 1943 (Alport Barker, 1943), 116 page(s)
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edited by Leonard G. Usher, fl. 1943 (Alport Barker, 1943), 116 page(s)
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General Audience
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Monograph
Contributor
Leonard G. Usher, fl. 1943
Date Published / Released
1943
Publisher
Alport Barker
Topic / Theme
Colonial populations
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General, Duke Homestead and the American Tobacco Company
Shaped by the Duke family’s influence and the production of bright leaf tobacco, Durham, North Carolina, over time, has transformed from the “Bull City” to the “City of Medicine.” Duke Homestead and the American Tobacco Company showcases the effect of both tobacco and the Duke family in Durham. The Duke...
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Shaped by the Duke family’s influence and the production of bright leaf tobacco, Durham, North Carolina, over time, has transformed from the “Bull City” to the “City of Medicine.” Duke Homestead and the American Tobacco Company showcases the effect of both tobacco and the Duke family in Durham. The Duke family’s fortunes grew alongside those of the city as they rose from tobacco farmers to founders of the American Tobacco Company and...
Shaped by the Duke family’s influence and the production of bright leaf tobacco, Durham, North Carolina, over time, has transformed from the “Bull City” to the “City of Medicine.” Duke Homestead and the American Tobacco Company showcases the effect of both tobacco and the Duke family in Durham. The Duke family’s fortunes grew alongside those of the city as they rose from tobacco farmers to founders of the American Tobacco Company and influential philanthropists. Duke University, Duke Hospital, and Duke Energy as well as local churches, orphanages, textile mills, banks, and railroads can all trace their roots to the Duke family. The American Tobacco Company was the largest tobacco manufacturer in the world as well as one of the 12 founding members of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. From its founding in 1890, the American Tobacco Company was a major employer in the area, bringing income and a higher quality of life to those employed there, regardless of race or gender.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
General
Topic / Theme
Industry, Tobacco
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Copyright © 2013 by Jennifer Dawn Farley
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Illinois History, An Overview, 11, Modern Day Illinois
directed by James A. Edstrom; produced by James A. Edstrom, in Illinois History, An Overview, 11 (Privately Published, 2009, originally published 1971), 27 mins
This documentary, directed by James A. Edstrom, features a modern-day Illinois.
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directed by James A. Edstrom; produced by James A. Edstrom, in Illinois History, An Overview, 11 (Privately Published, 2009, originally published 1971), 27 mins
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This documentary, directed by James A. Edstrom, features a modern-day Illinois.
Field of Study
Politics & Current Affairs
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
James A. Edstrom
Author / Creator
James A. Edstrom
Date Published / Released
1971, 2009
Publisher
Privately Published
Series
Illinois History, An Overview
Speaker / Narrator
James A. Edstrom
Person Discussed
Adlai E. Stevenson, II, 1900-1965
Topic / Theme
Agriculture, Environment, Fairs and festivals, Military bases, Oil mines and mining, Politicians, Scientific research, Transportation, Unemployment, Veterans (Armed services), War, Great Depression, 1929-1941, World War II, 1939-1945, First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Chain Reaction is Created, Chicago, 1942, American History, The Sixties (1960–1974), Post-war Era (1945–1960), Depression & World W...
Agriculture, Environment, Fairs and festivals, Military bases, Oil mines and mining, Politicians, Scientific research, Transportation, Unemployment, Veterans (Armed services), War, Great Depression, 1929-1941, World War II, 1939-1945, First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Chain Reaction is Created, Chicago, 1942, American History, The Sixties (1960–1974), Post-war Era (1945–1960), Depression & World War II (1929–1945), 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Images of America, Agoura Hills
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
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Copyright © 2013 by Susan M. Pascal
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Images of America, Along the Battenkill
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2014), 128 page(s),
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The Battenkill Valley, in the southern part of Washington County, is the historical backdrop to many homesteading settlers as well as the Mohawk and Mahican tribes. Two retired Roger’s Rangers, James Turner and Joshua Conkey, came to Salem and purchased 25,000 acres of land—known as the Turner Patent—bringin...
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2014), 128 page(s),
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The Battenkill Valley, in the southern part of Washington County, is the historical backdrop to many homesteading settlers as well as the Mohawk and Mahican tribes. Two retired Roger’s Rangers, James Turner and Joshua Conkey, came to Salem and purchased 25,000 acres of land—known as the Turner Patent—bringing many families from Pelham, Massachusetts, to settle along White Creek and the Battenkill. With the advent of photography, the results...
The Battenkill Valley, in the southern part of Washington County, is the historical backdrop to many homesteading settlers as well as the Mohawk and Mahican tribes. Two retired Roger’s Rangers, James Turner and Joshua Conkey, came to Salem and purchased 25,000 acres of land—known as the Turner Patent—bringing many families from Pelham, Massachusetts, to settle along White Creek and the Battenkill. With the advent of photography, the results of this pioneering spirit were captured, first on glass negative plates and later with roll film, by numerous Salem photographers from 1865 to the early 1900s. As new canals, roads, and railroads of the 1800s were built, local photographers could travel easily with their heavy photography equipment, capturing scenes of the towns and villages nestled in the Adirondack Mountains, replete with their own rivers and lakes. Now, the region thrives off agriculture, logging, mining, and tourism. The Battenkill draws hundreds of fishermen, boaters, and swimmers to the area in the spring and summer.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Topic / Theme
Rivers
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Copyright © 2014 by William A. Cormier
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Images of America, Amarillo's Historic Wolflin District
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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In September 1887, J. T. Berry bought 640 acres of school land from the State of Texas. Several years earlier, this raw section of prairie had been home to buffalo herds and the Kiowa and Comanche Nations. Berry could not have known that this land would one day become home to cattle barons, oil and gas pioneers, a...
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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In September 1887, J. T. Berry bought 640 acres of school land from the State of Texas. Several years earlier, this raw section of prairie had been home to buffalo herds and the Kiowa and Comanche Nations. Berry could not have known that this land would one day become home to cattle barons, oil and gas pioneers, and a U.S. ambassador. When Charles Oldham Wolflin married Alpha Eunice McVean a decade later and acquired that same section of land, he...
In September 1887, J. T. Berry bought 640 acres of school land from the State of Texas. Several years earlier, this raw section of prairie had been home to buffalo herds and the Kiowa and Comanche Nations. Berry could not have known that this land would one day become home to cattle barons, oil and gas pioneers, and a U.S. ambassador. When Charles Oldham Wolflin married Alpha Eunice McVean a decade later and acquired that same section of land, he never dreamed that his son would develop that land from a dairy farm into a premier residential development. Today the Wolflin Historic District is a vibrant, lush neighborhood with tree-lined brick streets and stately houses. It is home to several thousand residents, including descendants of pioneer families, modern-day professionals, and public servants who contribute to the arts, are involved in philanthropy, and are active in community service.
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American History
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Book
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
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Copyright © 2010 by Christine Wyly
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Images of America, Arlington
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004), 128 page(s),
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The neighborhood of Arlington, located about five miles southwest of downtown Riverside, was first settled in the 1870s and was later developed as a town site in 1877 by philanthropist Samuel C. Evans and William Sayward. Citrus groves flourished in the area, providing the community with a newfound wealth. Large a...
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004), 128 page(s),
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The neighborhood of Arlington, located about five miles southwest of downtown Riverside, was first settled in the 1870s and was later developed as a town site in 1877 by philanthropist Samuel C. Evans and William Sayward. Citrus groves flourished in the area, providing the community with a newfound wealth. Large and gracious homes were built on wide streets lined with beautiful shade trees. Arlington’s commercial district at Van Buren Boulevard...
The neighborhood of Arlington, located about five miles southwest of downtown Riverside, was first settled in the 1870s and was later developed as a town site in 1877 by philanthropist Samuel C. Evans and William Sayward. Citrus groves flourished in the area, providing the community with a newfound wealth. Large and gracious homes were built on wide streets lined with beautiful shade trees. Arlington’s commercial district at Van Buren Boulevard and Magnolia Avenue expanded to include a bank, chamber of commerce, newspaper, store, church, boardinghouse, and post office with its own Arlington postmark, in use since 1888. In the early 1900s, an electric railway was built down the center of Magnolia Avenue ending at beautiful Chemewa Park with its large trees, dance pavilion, zoo, and polo field. Today Arlington retains much of its neighborhood feeling while undergoing a large-scale redevelopment project for a future retail and commercial district.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 by Georgia Gordon Sercl
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Images of America, Around Boonville
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 128 page(s),
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Nestled in the Black River valley with the Tug Hill Plateau to the east and the Adirondack Mountains to the west, Boonville traces its origin to the failure of a grand investment scheme. In the mid-1790s, Gerrit Boon, agent for the Holland Land Company, purchased vast acreage in northern New York, hoping to establ...
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 128 page(s),
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Nestled in the Black River valley with the Tug Hill Plateau to the east and the Adirondack Mountains to the west, Boonville traces its origin to the failure of a grand investment scheme. In the mid-1790s, Gerrit Boon, agent for the Holland Land Company, purchased vast acreage in northern New York, hoping to establish a plantation for the production of maple sugar. When that enterprise collapsed, Boon founded a settlement in the remote wilderness....
Nestled in the Black River valley with the Tug Hill Plateau to the east and the Adirondack Mountains to the west, Boonville traces its origin to the failure of a grand investment scheme. In the mid-1790s, Gerrit Boon, agent for the Holland Land Company, purchased vast acreage in northern New York, hoping to establish a plantation for the production of maple sugar. When that enterprise collapsed, Boon founded a settlement in the remote wilderness. Adopting a paternalistic stance, he attracted settlers by extending financial assistance to farmers, artisans, and tradesmen. The village soon prospered, and dairy farming became the dominant industry. With the arrival of a canal and railroad in the mid-1800s, Boonville expanded to become the largest town between Watertown and Utica. Around Boonville documents the growth of the village and surrounding area, with special attention to local landmarks and scenery, industry and recreation, prominent leaders, and ordinary citizens.
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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 Harney J. Corwin
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