Author: George C. Dade
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Over 300 rare photos, detailed captions recall exploits of Lindbergh, Curtiss, other pioneers, technological breakthroughs, endurance records, many aviation milestones. Introduction.
Picture History of Aviation on Long Island, 1908-1938
Author: George C. Dade
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Over 300 rare photos, detailed captions recall exploits of Lindbergh, Curtiss, other pioneers, technological breakthroughs, endurance records, many aviation milestones. Introduction.
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Over 300 rare photos, detailed captions recall exploits of Lindbergh, Curtiss, other pioneers, technological breakthroughs, endurance records, many aviation milestones. Introduction.
Picture History of Early Aviation, 1903-1913
Author: Joshua Stoff
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486288369
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Carefully researched text, lavishly illustrated with over 250 photos, introduce early pioneers of flight: Otto Lilienthal, Samuel Langley, Octave Chanute, Louis Bleriot, the Wright Brothers, many other aviation pioneers.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486288369
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 138
Book Description
Carefully researched text, lavishly illustrated with over 250 photos, introduce early pioneers of flight: Otto Lilienthal, Samuel Langley, Octave Chanute, Louis Bleriot, the Wright Brothers, many other aviation pioneers.
The Long Island Rail Road in Early Photographs
Author: Ron Ziel
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486157601
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Fascinating text-and-photo documentary details economic, social upheaval following inauguration of Long Island Rail Road's service in 1844. 225 rare photos provide splendid views of early coaches, locomotives, snow-removal operations, stations, passengers, crew, much more. Extensive captions.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486157601
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Fascinating text-and-photo documentary details economic, social upheaval following inauguration of Long Island Rail Road's service in 1844. 225 rare photos provide splendid views of early coaches, locomotives, snow-removal operations, stations, passengers, crew, much more. Extensive captions.
Picture History of American Passenger Ships
Author: William H., Jr. Miller
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486157903
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
DIVMore than 100 ships documented, including Leviathan, America, Independence, President Polk, and United States. Detailed captions list tonnage, speed, size, and passenger load. Bibliography. Index. Approximately 200 photographs. /div
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486157903
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
DIVMore than 100 ships documented, including Leviathan, America, Independence, President Polk, and United States. Detailed captions list tonnage, speed, size, and passenger load. Bibliography. Index. Approximately 200 photographs. /div
Nassau County, Long Island, in Early Photographs, 1869-1940
Author: Bette S. Weidman
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486241364
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
175 vintage photos recall aspects of life on Long Island from post-Civil War to modern era. Village life, agriculture, local industries, celebrities, early aviation and movie industries, fabulous estates, beaches, much more. Unique document of early Nassau and pioneer photography. Full informative captions. Introduction. Indices.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486241364
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
175 vintage photos recall aspects of life on Long Island from post-Civil War to modern era. Village life, agriculture, local industries, celebrities, early aviation and movie industries, fabulous estates, beaches, much more. Unique document of early Nassau and pioneer photography. Full informative captions. Introduction. Indices.
Women in Long Island's Past
Author: Natalie A. Naylor
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614237352
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Women have been part of Long Island's past for thousands of years but are nearly invisible in the records and history books. From pioneering doctors to dazzling aviatrixes, author Natalie A. Naylor brings these larger-than-life but little-known heroines out of the lost pages of island history. Anna Symmes Harrison, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Edith Kermit Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt all served as first lady of the United States, and all had Long Island roots. Beloved children's author Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote The Secret Garden here, and hundreds of local suffragists fought for their right to vote in the early twentieth century. Discover these and other stories of the remarkable women of Long Island.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1614237352
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Women have been part of Long Island's past for thousands of years but are nearly invisible in the records and history books. From pioneering doctors to dazzling aviatrixes, author Natalie A. Naylor brings these larger-than-life but little-known heroines out of the lost pages of island history. Anna Symmes Harrison, Julia Gardiner Tyler, Edith Kermit Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt all served as first lady of the United States, and all had Long Island roots. Beloved children's author Frances Hodgson Burnett wrote The Secret Garden here, and hundreds of local suffragists fought for their right to vote in the early twentieth century. Discover these and other stories of the remarkable women of Long Island.
The Depression Years as Photographed by Arthur Rothstein
Author: Arthur Rothstein
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486317951
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Outstanding 1930s photos: famous dust storm photo, ragged children, the unemployed, much more. 120 photographs. Captions.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486317951
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Outstanding 1930s photos: famous dust storm photo, ragged children, the unemployed, much more. 120 photographs. Captions.
The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs
Author: Ulrich Keller
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486244082
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The tale of the canal's construction unfolds in a compelling narrative of risks, hardships, disasters, and triumph. More than 160 historic photographs document the hitherto unparalleled technological achievement, depicting exotic settings, workers' housing, Canal Zone's internal government, dredging operations, and other scenes from a true story of adventure, revolution, ordeal, and accomplishment.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486244082
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The tale of the canal's construction unfolds in a compelling narrative of risks, hardships, disasters, and triumph. More than 160 historic photographs document the hitherto unparalleled technological achievement, depicting exotic settings, workers' housing, Canal Zone's internal government, dredging operations, and other scenes from a true story of adventure, revolution, ordeal, and accomplishment.
Children of the Past in Photographic Portraits
Author: Alison Mager
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486236971
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Capture a glimpse of yesteryear with these 165 studio photos of American and European children from the 1860s to the 1920s.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486236971
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Capture a glimpse of yesteryear with these 165 studio photos of American and European children from the 1860s to the 1920s.
The Long Island Historical Journal
Author: Roger Wunderlich
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Long Island (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Long Island (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description