Author: Eric A. Johnson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738523415
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
During the early decades of the 20th century, communication by postcard was an inexpensive and popular means of exchanging travel stories, news, and gossip across the United States. For just a few cents each, postcards connected friends and family separated by hundreds of miles. Rockford: 1900-World War I, with a collection of nearly 240 vintage postcard images, captures the details of this dynamic era and documents the Forest City's coming of age.Inside are views of Rockford's bustling downtown, including rare glimpses of long-gone landmarks like the Grand Opera House and Orpheum Theater. Witness history in the making with Rockford's first recorded airplane flights in 1911 and experience U.S. Army "doughboy" life at Rockford's Camp Grant. Be there for Teddy Roosevelt's historic visits to Rockford, and marvel at the intrepid companies that turned Rockford into a national manufacturing power.
Rockford
Author: Eric A. Johnson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738523415
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
During the early decades of the 20th century, communication by postcard was an inexpensive and popular means of exchanging travel stories, news, and gossip across the United States. For just a few cents each, postcards connected friends and family separated by hundreds of miles. Rockford: 1900-World War I, with a collection of nearly 240 vintage postcard images, captures the details of this dynamic era and documents the Forest City's coming of age.Inside are views of Rockford's bustling downtown, including rare glimpses of long-gone landmarks like the Grand Opera House and Orpheum Theater. Witness history in the making with Rockford's first recorded airplane flights in 1911 and experience U.S. Army "doughboy" life at Rockford's Camp Grant. Be there for Teddy Roosevelt's historic visits to Rockford, and marvel at the intrepid companies that turned Rockford into a national manufacturing power.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738523415
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
During the early decades of the 20th century, communication by postcard was an inexpensive and popular means of exchanging travel stories, news, and gossip across the United States. For just a few cents each, postcards connected friends and family separated by hundreds of miles. Rockford: 1900-World War I, with a collection of nearly 240 vintage postcard images, captures the details of this dynamic era and documents the Forest City's coming of age.Inside are views of Rockford's bustling downtown, including rare glimpses of long-gone landmarks like the Grand Opera House and Orpheum Theater. Witness history in the making with Rockford's first recorded airplane flights in 1911 and experience U.S. Army "doughboy" life at Rockford's Camp Grant. Be there for Teddy Roosevelt's historic visits to Rockford, and marvel at the intrepid companies that turned Rockford into a national manufacturing power.
Journal and Year Book
Author: Methodist Episcopal Church. Rock River Conference
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Languages : en
Pages : 742
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Languages : en
Pages : 742
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Past and Present of the City of Rockford and Winnebago County, Illinois
Author: Charles A. Church
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Category : Rockford (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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Category : Rockford (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 924
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Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois
Author: Newton Bateman
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 970
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 970
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The Rock River Valley
Author: Royal Brunson Way
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 786
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Category : Illinois
Languages : en
Pages : 786
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National Union Catalog
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 1028
Book Description
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Services and Programs Profile for Illinois Senior Citizens
Author: Illinois. Department on Aging. Technical Advisory Committee
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Category : Older people
Languages : en
Pages : 914
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Category : Older people
Languages : en
Pages : 914
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The Christian Union
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Languages : en
Pages : 814
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Languages : en
Pages : 814
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The History of Winnebago County, Ill., Its Past and Present, Containing ... a Biographical Directory ... War Record ... Portraits of Early Settlers ... Statistics ... History of the Northwest, History of Illinois ... Etc., Etc. ...
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Category : Winnebago County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Category : Winnebago County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Portrait and Biographical Record of Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois
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Category : Boone County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1328
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Category : Boone County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 1328
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