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5. Of Stage and Screen
written by Joe Fuoco; in Downtown Providence: 20th Century, American Century (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 69-78
The twentieth century can truly be said to have been America's century. As a nation reached a position of world leader, her towns and cities changed at an unprecedented pace. With the approach to the millennium, the topic of change is on everyone's mind—how our communities and lifestyles have changed over the pa...
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written by Joe Fuoco; in Downtown Providence: 20th Century, American Century (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 69-78
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The twentieth century can truly be said to have been America's century. As a nation reached a position of world leader, her towns and cities changed at an unprecedented pace. With the approach to the millennium, the topic of change is on everyone's mind—how our communities and lifestyles have changed over the past century, and how we can endeavor to preserve the past while facing the future in which the world seems to change ever faster. The Am...
The twentieth century can truly be said to have been America's century. As a nation reached a position of world leader, her towns and cities changed at an unprecedented pace. With the approach to the millennium, the topic of change is on everyone's mind—how our communities and lifestyles have changed over the past century, and how we can endeavor to preserve the past while facing the future in which the world seems to change ever faster. The American Century series documents and celebrates our most recent history—featuring images of faces and places which were taken within living memory and yet that already seems to belong to a long-past era.
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American History
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Book
Author / Creator
Joe Fuoco
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
American Century
Topic / Theme
Theater buildings, Business districts, Film and films, Theater
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Copyright © 1998 by Joe Fuoco and A.J. Lothrop
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4. Neighborhoods
written by Vennie Deas-Moore; in Columbia, Black America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2000), 43-52
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written by Vennie Deas-Moore; in Columbia, Black America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2000), 43-52
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Vennie Deas-Moore
Date Published / Released
2000
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Black America
Topic / Theme
Hospital buildings, Persons, Community events, Leisure time, Afar
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Copyright © 2000 by Vennie Deas-Moore
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7. Medical Pioneers
written by Benjamin Allen; in Glynn County, Black America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004), 111-116
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written by Benjamin Allen; in Glynn County, Black America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2004), 111-116
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Benjamin Allen
Date Published / Released
2004
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Black America
Topic / Theme
Medical doctors, Hospital buildings, Afar
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Copyright © 2003 by Benjamin Allen
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3. Healing and Learning in the South End: 1872-2001
written by Sally Ann Kydd; in Boston University, Campus History (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002), 43-50
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written by Sally Ann Kydd; in Boston University, Campus History (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2002), 43-50
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Sally Ann Kydd
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Campus History
Topic / Theme
Medical schools, Hospital buildings, Community events, Colleges and universities, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Copyright © 2002 by Sally Ann Kydd
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1. The Founding of America's First College Hospital
written by Jack E. Termine; in SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Campus History (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007), 9-20
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written by Jack E. Termine; in SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Campus History (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007), 9-20
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Jack E. Termine
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Campus History
Topic / Theme
Hospital buildings, Colleges and universities
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Copyright © 2000 by Jack E. Termine
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2. Madness
written by Stephanie E. McCarthy; in Haunted Peoria, General (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 21-42
At the heart of Haunted Peoria is the rich and compelling history and folklore of the Peoria area. Buildings and cemeteries in and around the city provide ideal stomping grounds for many restless specters. In this collection of haunted sites, the reader will be introduced to some of Peoria’s best-loved mansions,...
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written by Stephanie E. McCarthy; in Haunted Peoria, General (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2009), 21-42
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At the heart of Haunted Peoria is the rich and compelling history and folklore of the Peoria area. Buildings and cemeteries in and around the city provide ideal stomping grounds for many restless specters. In this collection of haunted sites, the reader will be introduced to some of Peoria’s best-loved mansions, institutions, and graveyards, as well as many of its more illustrious citizens. From Bartonville State Hospital to Bradley University,...
At the heart of Haunted Peoria is the rich and compelling history and folklore of the Peoria area. Buildings and cemeteries in and around the city provide ideal stomping grounds for many restless specters. In this collection of haunted sites, the reader will be introduced to some of Peoria’s best-loved mansions, institutions, and graveyards, as well as many of its more illustrious citizens. From Bartonville State Hospital to Bradley University, historic downtown theaters, hotels and taverns, and local churches, where ghostly congregants and ministers continue to worship, this book presents these ghost stories and legends for the first time together in print. In addition to providing thrilling tales, Haunted Peoria serves as a unique guide for the intrepid supernatural sleuth seeking confirmation that the dead do not always rest in peace.
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American History
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Stephanie E. McCarthy
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
General
Topic / Theme
Folklore, Ghosts, Superstitions, Hospital buildings
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 by Stephanie E. McCarthy
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Images of America, Albuquerque Deco and Pueblo
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 128 page(s),
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Albuquerque's response to Modernism—the architectural avant-garde of the first half of the 20th century, of which the Art Deco movement of the 1920s and 1930s is an important component—was complex and varied. The growing city looked to the new as well as the mythic past characterized by the Santa Fe style. The...
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Albuquerque's response to Modernism—the architectural avant-garde of the first half of the 20th century, of which the Art Deco movement of the 1920s and 1930s is an important component—was complex and varied. The growing city looked to the new as well as the mythic past characterized by the Santa Fe style. The result was rarely restricted to one cultural tradition. Influences include forms and motifs from a variety of intermixed cultural and...
Albuquerque's response to Modernism—the architectural avant-garde of the first half of the 20th century, of which the Art Deco movement of the 1920s and 1930s is an important component—was complex and varied. The growing city looked to the new as well as the mythic past characterized by the Santa Fe style. The result was rarely restricted to one cultural tradition. Influences include forms and motifs from a variety of intermixed cultural and social collisions. The result can be sophisticated, as with the Albuquerque Indian Hospital, or homespun, like the Shaffer Hotel in Mountainair. This book celebrates the cultural mixing of various Native American, Hispanic, and 19th- and 20th-century Anglo American forms and motifs unique to Albuquerque during the first half of the 20th century.
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Field of Study
American History
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Book
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Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Topic / Theme
Architecture, Buildings
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Copyright © 2012 by Paul R. Secord
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8. Culture and Recreation: The Zoo, Albuquerque Little Theatre, and Route 66
written by Jane Mahoney; in Albuquerque's Huning Castle Neighborhoods, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 101-118
As a 21-year-old German immigrant, Franz Huning could not have envisioned his future in New Mexico when, in 1849, he signed on as a "bull whacker" for a wagon train heading down the Santa Fe Trail. From his beginnings as a clerk in Albuquerque's Old Town, Huning's entrepreneurial talents flourished over the next h...
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written by Jane Mahoney; in Albuquerque's Huning Castle Neighborhoods, Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing), 101-118
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As a 21-year-old German immigrant, Franz Huning could not have envisioned his future in New Mexico when, in 1849, he signed on as a "bull whacker" for a wagon train heading down the Santa Fe Trail. From his beginnings as a clerk in Albuquerque's Old Town, Huning's entrepreneurial talents flourished over the next half-century. He took on the roles of merchant, flour mill operator, and land speculator, helping to secure Albuquerque as a division po...
As a 21-year-old German immigrant, Franz Huning could not have envisioned his future in New Mexico when, in 1849, he signed on as a "bull whacker" for a wagon train heading down the Santa Fe Trail. From his beginnings as a clerk in Albuquerque's Old Town, Huning's entrepreneurial talents flourished over the next half-century. He took on the roles of merchant, flour mill operator, and land speculator, helping to secure Albuquerque as a division point with a depot, offices, and major repair shops for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. Huning's 700-acre estate, home to the once-legendary but now-demolished Castle Huning, fronted Albuquerque's main thoroughfare midway between Old Town and the bustling new downtown one mile east. It was a front-row seat to the city's development after the flood-prone Rio Grande was stabilized. Huning's former estate is now home to fine, diverse homes near the Albuquerque Country Club, as well as historic Route 66, Tingley Beach, the zoo, the Little Theatre, and a Christmas Eve luminaria tradition.
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American History
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Jane Mahoney
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Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
Topic / Theme
Roads, Zoos, Theater buildings, Leisure time, Social institutions
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Copyright © 2013 by Jane Mahoney
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Images of America, Allen Park
in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007), 128 page(s),
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Allen Park’s history begins when Native Americans hunted, fished, and paddled their canoes along the banks of Ecorse Creek. The French were among the earliest settlers, and after the land was cleared, German farmers arrived. Ecorse Township, known today as Downriver, was divided into seven different cities, and...
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in Images of America (Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2007), 128 page(s),
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Allen Park’s history begins when Native Americans hunted, fished, and paddled their canoes along the banks of Ecorse Creek. The French were among the earliest settlers, and after the land was cleared, German farmers arrived. Ecorse Township, known today as Downriver, was divided into seven different cities, and Allen Park was born. Once characterized as a “lazy, farming hamlet,” Allen Park’s residents were the most influential in developi...
Allen Park’s history begins when Native Americans hunted, fished, and paddled their canoes along the banks of Ecorse Creek. The French were among the earliest settlers, and after the land was cleared, German farmers arrived. Ecorse Township, known today as Downriver, was divided into seven different cities, and Allen Park was born. Once characterized as a “lazy, farming hamlet,” Allen Park’s residents were the most influential in developing the Village of Allen Park out of Ecorse Township, in 1927, and worked to become the City of Allen Park in 1957. Henry Ford’s $5 workday prompted many farmers to sell to developers and go to work for Ford. Hungarians, Poles, Italians, and Armenians moved in, becoming the major ethnic groups within the community. Among the city’s celebrities there have been writers, radio and sports personalities, cartoonists, and fashion designers. Towering over the Interstate 94 corridor in Allen Park, the Uniroyal Giant Tire has become an American icon, and although the Veterans Administration medical center is gone, it will forever live in residents’ hearts. Enjoy the city’s story, gathered from the files of the Allen Park Historical Museum.
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Field of Study
American History
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Book
Date Published / Released
2007
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Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
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Copyright © 2007 by Sharon Broglin for the Allen Park Historical Museum
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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
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Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Series
Images of America
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Copyright © 2009 by David McMacken
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