Author: Souderton Telford Main Streets
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738576343
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Located midway between Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley, Souderton was settled by predominantly German immigrants. Farmers and craftsmen with an entrepreneurial spirit, they took full advantage of opportunities to provide goods and services to a growing community. In 1852, Henry O. Souder offered the free use of his land to the North Penn Railroad, diverting the Gwynedd to Bethlehem route through the bountiful Indian Valley and transforming Souderton into a lively commercial center. Incorporated in 1887, the borough soon boasted a booming economy. First a hub for cigar manufacturing and later textiles, Souderton rapidly expanded. Feed mills, lumberyards, bakeries, a bank, and a large department-store-lined Main Street. Today, these same stores and mills house a new generation of artists, designers, and impresarios, reflecting a vibrant, enterprising downtown. Souderton traces the commercial evolution of the town while capturing the remarkable people and events that created this community and transformed Main Street--the hill and the hollow--from the site of a colorful soapbox derby to the venue of an international cycling Grand Prix.
Main Street Memories
Author: Dean Gaschler
Publisher: Theme Park Press
ISBN: 9781683900559
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Feel-Good Disney. These days it's fashionable to look for the dark side of Disney. Of course Disney has a dark side, but Dean Gashcler may not. As the Magic Kingdom grand marshal coordinator for 14 years, his job was to make people happy. His book, chronicling those years, will make *you* happy.
Publisher: Theme Park Press
ISBN: 9781683900559
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
Feel-Good Disney. These days it's fashionable to look for the dark side of Disney. Of course Disney has a dark side, but Dean Gashcler may not. As the Magic Kingdom grand marshal coordinator for 14 years, his job was to make people happy. His book, chronicling those years, will make *you* happy.
I Led the Parade!
Author: Dean Gaschler
Publisher: Legacy Book Publishing
ISBN: 9781937952457
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Walt Disney World is often called the happiest place on earth. Families visit to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, homecomings from war, victory over cancer, and mainly, together time. Visitors to the Magic Kingdom line Main Street and Liberty Square every afternoon to watch as Mickey and his pals fill the streets in a whimsical parade as a lucky family (or families) gets to lead it all. For fourteen years, Dean Gaschler had the privilege of choosing those families and often became friends with them. These are the stories of just a few of those families. Stories of hope, loss, love, and family that will warm your heart."
Publisher: Legacy Book Publishing
ISBN: 9781937952457
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
Walt Disney World is often called the happiest place on earth. Families visit to celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, weddings, homecomings from war, victory over cancer, and mainly, together time. Visitors to the Magic Kingdom line Main Street and Liberty Square every afternoon to watch as Mickey and his pals fill the streets in a whimsical parade as a lucky family (or families) gets to lead it all. For fourteen years, Dean Gaschler had the privilege of choosing those families and often became friends with them. These are the stories of just a few of those families. Stories of hope, loss, love, and family that will warm your heart."
English, Indiana
Author: E. C. Roberts
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
After three disastrous floods, the citizens of English, Indiana decided in 1990 to move their town to higher ground. But they will not lose the old Main Street forever. E. C. Roberts has captured that unpaved thoroughfare, the other places and faces of English, and a way of life now vanished in these charming reminiscences of life in a midwestern town in the early days of this century.
Publisher: Indiana University Press (Ips)
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
After three disastrous floods, the citizens of English, Indiana decided in 1990 to move their town to higher ground. But they will not lose the old Main Street forever. E. C. Roberts has captured that unpaved thoroughfare, the other places and faces of English, and a way of life now vanished in these charming reminiscences of life in a midwestern town in the early days of this century.
Buffalo Memories
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781597255776
Category : Buffalo (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
"A collection of historic Buffalo photos from 1890 through 1939" -- from page [1] book dust jacket.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781597255776
Category : Buffalo (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
"A collection of historic Buffalo photos from 1890 through 1939" -- from page [1] book dust jacket.
Christmas Memories Book
Author: Applewood Books
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 9780939510849
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This 20 year diary has fine calligraphy and drawings by Lynn Anderson. Each year features a pen and ink drawing of a different 19th century tradition, accompanied by an explanation of the holiday custom featured. Record visitors, special Christmas cards, family photographs and other memories.
Publisher: Applewood Books
ISBN: 9780939510849
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This 20 year diary has fine calligraphy and drawings by Lynn Anderson. Each year features a pen and ink drawing of a different 19th century tradition, accompanied by an explanation of the holiday custom featured. Record visitors, special Christmas cards, family photographs and other memories.
Souderton
Author: Souderton Telford Main Streets
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738576343
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Located midway between Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley, Souderton was settled by predominantly German immigrants. Farmers and craftsmen with an entrepreneurial spirit, they took full advantage of opportunities to provide goods and services to a growing community. In 1852, Henry O. Souder offered the free use of his land to the North Penn Railroad, diverting the Gwynedd to Bethlehem route through the bountiful Indian Valley and transforming Souderton into a lively commercial center. Incorporated in 1887, the borough soon boasted a booming economy. First a hub for cigar manufacturing and later textiles, Souderton rapidly expanded. Feed mills, lumberyards, bakeries, a bank, and a large department-store-lined Main Street. Today, these same stores and mills house a new generation of artists, designers, and impresarios, reflecting a vibrant, enterprising downtown. Souderton traces the commercial evolution of the town while capturing the remarkable people and events that created this community and transformed Main Street--the hill and the hollow--from the site of a colorful soapbox derby to the venue of an international cycling Grand Prix.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738576343
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Located midway between Philadelphia and the Lehigh Valley, Souderton was settled by predominantly German immigrants. Farmers and craftsmen with an entrepreneurial spirit, they took full advantage of opportunities to provide goods and services to a growing community. In 1852, Henry O. Souder offered the free use of his land to the North Penn Railroad, diverting the Gwynedd to Bethlehem route through the bountiful Indian Valley and transforming Souderton into a lively commercial center. Incorporated in 1887, the borough soon boasted a booming economy. First a hub for cigar manufacturing and later textiles, Souderton rapidly expanded. Feed mills, lumberyards, bakeries, a bank, and a large department-store-lined Main Street. Today, these same stores and mills house a new generation of artists, designers, and impresarios, reflecting a vibrant, enterprising downtown. Souderton traces the commercial evolution of the town while capturing the remarkable people and events that created this community and transformed Main Street--the hill and the hollow--from the site of a colorful soapbox derby to the venue of an international cycling Grand Prix.
The Death and Life of Main Street
Author: Miles Orvell
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807837563
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
For more than a century, the term "Main Street" has conjured up nostalgic images of American small-town life. Representations exist all around us, from fiction and film to the architecture of shopping malls and Disneyland. All the while, the nation has become increasingly diverse, exposing tensions within this ideal. In The Death and Life of Main Street, Miles Orvell wrestles with the mythic allure of the small town in all its forms, illustrating how Americans continue to reinscribe these images on real places in order to forge consensus about inclusion and civic identity, especially in times of crisis. Orvell underscores the fact that Main Street was never what it seemed; it has always been much more complex than it appears, as he shows in his discussions of figures like Sinclair Lewis, Willa Cather, Frank Capra, Thornton Wilder, Margaret Bourke-White, and Walker Evans. He argues that translating the overly tidy cultural metaphor into real spaces--as has been done in recent decades, especially in the new urbanist planned communities of Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Andres Duany--actually diminishes the communitarian ideals at the center of this nostalgic construct. Orvell investigates the way these tensions play out in a variety of cultural realms and explores the rise of literary and artistic traditions that deliberately challenge the tropes and assumptions of small-town ideology and life.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 0807837563
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
For more than a century, the term "Main Street" has conjured up nostalgic images of American small-town life. Representations exist all around us, from fiction and film to the architecture of shopping malls and Disneyland. All the while, the nation has become increasingly diverse, exposing tensions within this ideal. In The Death and Life of Main Street, Miles Orvell wrestles with the mythic allure of the small town in all its forms, illustrating how Americans continue to reinscribe these images on real places in order to forge consensus about inclusion and civic identity, especially in times of crisis. Orvell underscores the fact that Main Street was never what it seemed; it has always been much more complex than it appears, as he shows in his discussions of figures like Sinclair Lewis, Willa Cather, Frank Capra, Thornton Wilder, Margaret Bourke-White, and Walker Evans. He argues that translating the overly tidy cultural metaphor into real spaces--as has been done in recent decades, especially in the new urbanist planned communities of Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Andres Duany--actually diminishes the communitarian ideals at the center of this nostalgic construct. Orvell investigates the way these tensions play out in a variety of cultural realms and explores the rise of literary and artistic traditions that deliberately challenge the tropes and assumptions of small-town ideology and life.
Malvern
Author: Steven Hanley
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738586267
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Hot Spring County was established in 1829, and its county seat, Malvern, was laid out as a station on the Cairo and Fulton Railroad in 1873. A remarkable diversity of agricultural, timber, and mineral products spurred the county's growth over the decades, especially the abundant clay deposits that made Malvern the "Brick Capitol of the World."
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738586267
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Hot Spring County was established in 1829, and its county seat, Malvern, was laid out as a station on the Cairo and Fulton Railroad in 1873. A remarkable diversity of agricultural, timber, and mineral products spurred the county's growth over the decades, especially the abundant clay deposits that made Malvern the "Brick Capitol of the World."
The Inheritance
Author: Sheila Closs
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499012381
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Sheila lives in Edmonton, Alberta and loves the fact she has the free time to write. Writing is something she has wanted to do since she was in grade four. “I love to start writing and develop a basic plot, when suddenly I find myself writing furiously to find out what happens next. The characters come alive and I feel their emotions, disappointments, highs, lows and in betweens. They make me care about them in such a way, I find it sad to say goodbye at the end of the book.”
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499012381
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
Sheila lives in Edmonton, Alberta and loves the fact she has the free time to write. Writing is something she has wanted to do since she was in grade four. “I love to start writing and develop a basic plot, when suddenly I find myself writing furiously to find out what happens next. The characters come alive and I feel their emotions, disappointments, highs, lows and in betweens. They make me care about them in such a way, I find it sad to say goodbye at the end of the book.”
Andover
Author: Andrew Grilz
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738562148
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Andover, geographically one of the largest townships in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has a long and illustrious history. Founded more than 350 years ago, Andover has played a part in several critical events in American history, including the French and Indian wars, the witchcraft hysteria of the 1690s, the American Revolution, the abolitionist movement, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. It is the birthplace of the song "America," written by Samuel Francis Smith. It has been the home of such notables as Anne Bradstreet, the first poet in the New World; Salem Poor, former slave and hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill; Samuel Osgood, the first postmaster general of the United States; and Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. It is home to the Andover Village Improvement Society, the second-oldest land conservation group in America. Pres. Franklin Pierce called Andover his summer home, and countless leaders of business and government resided in Andover while students at Phillips Andover Academy, one of the most prestigious private academies in the country.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738562148
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Andover, geographically one of the largest townships in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has a long and illustrious history. Founded more than 350 years ago, Andover has played a part in several critical events in American history, including the French and Indian wars, the witchcraft hysteria of the 1690s, the American Revolution, the abolitionist movement, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. It is the birthplace of the song "America," written by Samuel Francis Smith. It has been the home of such notables as Anne Bradstreet, the first poet in the New World; Salem Poor, former slave and hero of the Battle of Bunker Hill; Samuel Osgood, the first postmaster general of the United States; and Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. It is home to the Andover Village Improvement Society, the second-oldest land conservation group in America. Pres. Franklin Pierce called Andover his summer home, and countless leaders of business and government resided in Andover while students at Phillips Andover Academy, one of the most prestigious private academies in the country.