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Turner Publishing's Historic Photos series presents the history of American cities, states, and regions through archival photography. Each book pairs carefully selected images, many drawn from public and university archives, with captions and narrative history.
The series covers dozens of places, from Historic Photos of Seattle and Historic Photos of San Francisco to Historic Photos of Montana, Historic Photos of Louisiana, and Historic Photos of Appalachia. Mid-century volumes such as Historic Photos of Detroit in the 50s, 60s, and 70s capture more recent change, and themed titles include Historic Photos of Outlaws of the Old West and Historic Photos of the Chicago World's Fair.
These books make lasting gifts for anyone with roots in a place, and a visual record for local historians.
Two letters of the alphabet are all that are needed to say the name of Americaβs second-largest city: L.A. Historic Photos of Los Angeles captures ...
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After the first sighting of "la petite rocheβ on the banks of the Arkansas River by French explorer Bernard de la Harpe in 1772, Little Rock grew f...
View full detailsThis is the land of Hoosiers. Of George Rogers Clarkβs conquest at Vincennes, a key victory for the Revolution. Of covered bridges. A fledgling aut...
View full detailsHistoric Photos of Harry S. Truman illustrates the life of one of the least complex and most transparent of our American presidents. As he said, "I...
View full detailsFrom an area that boasts itself as America's First Region from the first settlement of Jamestown in 1607, the Greater Hampton roads area is steeped...
View full detailsWhat began as a distribution center for shipping agricultural products around 150 years ago became a community noted in the twentieth century for i...
View full details"The only thing we have to fear is fear itselfβnameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into adv...
View full detailsIn the decades after World War II, the Mile High City traded its cowtown image for the glitter of skyscrapers, big-league sports teams, Interstate ...
View full detailsDelaware, the First State, has always been a vibrant reflection of early American history. Historic Photos of Delaware captures more than a century...
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Corpus Christi, Texas, is one of the most pristine coastal cities on the Gulf of Mexico. Once a simple nineteenth-century trading post at the mouth...
View full detailsThe Nutmeg State, the Constitution State, the Land of Steady Habits. For a state that some derisively claim is "no bigger than a postage stamp,β th...
View full detailsIn 1859, 100,000 folks started the journey to the Pikes Peak goldfields, but only 50,000 completed the trip. An additional 25,000 soon gave up and ...
View full detailsThe campaign from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to Chickamauga, Georgia, followed by the siege of Chattanooga, is one of the most dramatic stories of th...
View full detailsMuch of Arlington County typified the "sleepy Southern town," decades into the twentieth century. It was initially part of, then (merely) the close...
View full detailsFounded in 1824, Ann Arbor got its name originally from Annsarbour in honor of the founders' wives, both of whom were named Ann. The Tree City boas...
View full detailsJust over 140 years ago, the United States made one of the greatest land deals of all time, purchasing from Russia a massive piece of property near...
View full detailsFrom Mount Vernon to Georgetown, The White House to the monuments, Historic Photos of Washington, D.C. is a photographic history collected from the...
View full detailsBy the late nineteenth century, the city of Tampa was a vibrant, cultural center. Through the early twentieth century, two World Wars, and into the...
View full detailsFrom the old capitol to the new capitol, the Battle of Natural Bridge to the battles at Doak Campbell Stadium,Β Historic Photos of TallahasseeΒ is a ...
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By the late nineteenth century, the city of Seattle was a vibrant cultural center of the West. Fueled by the lumber industry, the Klondike Gold Ru...
View full detailsFrom the 1906 earthquake to famous sights like the cable cars, Alcatraz, and the Golden Gate Bridge,Β Historic Photos of San FranciscoΒ is a photogra...
View full detailsSacramento is an American city quintessentially founded upon change. From its birth to the present, Sacramento has consistently built and reshaped ...
View full detailsFrom the Capital of the Confederacy to Monument Avenue, the first electric trolley cars to Phillip Morris, Historic Photos of Richmond is a photogr...
View full detailsBy the mid-nineteenth century, the city of Nashville was a vibrant cultural center of the South. Through the Civil War reconstruction, two world wa...
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