Author: Harrisburg (Pa.)
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Category : Building laws
Languages : en
Pages : 146
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Harrisburg's Old Eighth Ward
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Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738523781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Harrisburg was the capital of an increasingly urban and progressive Pennsylvania at the turn of the twentieth century, with the remnants of an older, more diverse city thriving in its midst. As the streets were paved for the first time and the new state capitol building rose over a humming industrial city ready to embrace change, Harrisburg's Eighth Ward clung to its rambunctious past. When the "Old Eighth" stood in the way of the new Capitol Park, one journalist asked his readers to take a stroll through the streets one last time. J. Howard Wert's "Passing of the Old Eighth" articles-awash in images of decrepitude and vice-appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot in 1912-1913 and introduced readers to such cheats, fools, and boozers as Harry Cook and "Billy Jelly." This volume presents the complete series of 35 articles chronicling the adventures of people who lived through some of the most sweeping changes in American history. More than 100 photographs-most never before published-evoke Wert's tales of a turbulent Harrisburg now long gone. Through the captivating, rarely objective voice of turn-of-the-century journalism, readers visit vanished churchyards, stroll the halls of forgotten hotels, and walk with the ghosts of gangs through crumbling alleys to brothels, gambling dens, and speakeasies. No history of Harrisburg can match this one for detailed stories of the successes and scandals of the city's "good old days." Noted educator, journalist, and Civil War veteran J. Howard Wert's articles bring to life the colorful characters and day-to-day grit and drama of his time. By turns pious, hard-nosed, and folksy, Wert's prose veers wildly among literary modes but never fails to entertain. A melding of nineteenth-century moral sensibility and modern appreciation for progress makes this work as accessible to today's readers as it was to Wert's contemporaries.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738523781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Harrisburg was the capital of an increasingly urban and progressive Pennsylvania at the turn of the twentieth century, with the remnants of an older, more diverse city thriving in its midst. As the streets were paved for the first time and the new state capitol building rose over a humming industrial city ready to embrace change, Harrisburg's Eighth Ward clung to its rambunctious past. When the "Old Eighth" stood in the way of the new Capitol Park, one journalist asked his readers to take a stroll through the streets one last time. J. Howard Wert's "Passing of the Old Eighth" articles-awash in images of decrepitude and vice-appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot in 1912-1913 and introduced readers to such cheats, fools, and boozers as Harry Cook and "Billy Jelly." This volume presents the complete series of 35 articles chronicling the adventures of people who lived through some of the most sweeping changes in American history. More than 100 photographs-most never before published-evoke Wert's tales of a turbulent Harrisburg now long gone. Through the captivating, rarely objective voice of turn-of-the-century journalism, readers visit vanished churchyards, stroll the halls of forgotten hotels, and walk with the ghosts of gangs through crumbling alleys to brothels, gambling dens, and speakeasies. No history of Harrisburg can match this one for detailed stories of the successes and scandals of the city's "good old days." Noted educator, journalist, and Civil War veteran J. Howard Wert's articles bring to life the colorful characters and day-to-day grit and drama of his time. By turns pious, hard-nosed, and folksy, Wert's prose veers wildly among literary modes but never fails to entertain. A melding of nineteenth-century moral sensibility and modern appreciation for progress makes this work as accessible to today's readers as it was to Wert's contemporaries.
Directory of Safety and Construction Codes
Author: Karl Otto Gustav Siemon
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Category : Accident law
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accident law
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes, Annotated
Author: Pennsylvania
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 766
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Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 766
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Survey of Building Code Provisions for Historic Structures
Author: Melvyn Green
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Category : Building laws
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Publisher:
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Category : Building laws
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Code of Federal Regulations
Author:
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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Special edition of the Federal Register, containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect ... with ancillaries.
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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
Special edition of the Federal Register, containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect ... with ancillaries.
Bulletin
Author: United States. Office of Education
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 790
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Safety Engineering
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Category : Accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 568
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Safety Maintenance & Production
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
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Environmental Control & Safety Management
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 520
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Accidents
Languages : en
Pages : 520
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