Author: Jack Sanders
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439628637
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Ridgefield has long been a destination-for tourists seeking a picturesque country village, for city dwellers looking for a weekend and summer retreat, and for immigrants in search of a new life. In the first half of the twentieth century, a period that corresponded to the heyday of the picture postcard, hundreds of views were published, depicting the beautiful Main Street, the many inns and resorts, the mansions, estates, village shops, churches, and scenic hills and lakes. Ridgefield: 1900-1950 offers more than two hundred of these glimpses of a bygone time of affluence and change-what one historian has called Ridgefield's golden era.
Ridgefield
Author: Jack Sanders
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439628637
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Ridgefield has long been a destination-for tourists seeking a picturesque country village, for city dwellers looking for a weekend and summer retreat, and for immigrants in search of a new life. In the first half of the twentieth century, a period that corresponded to the heyday of the picture postcard, hundreds of views were published, depicting the beautiful Main Street, the many inns and resorts, the mansions, estates, village shops, churches, and scenic hills and lakes. Ridgefield: 1900-1950 offers more than two hundred of these glimpses of a bygone time of affluence and change-what one historian has called Ridgefield's golden era.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439628637
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Ridgefield has long been a destination-for tourists seeking a picturesque country village, for city dwellers looking for a weekend and summer retreat, and for immigrants in search of a new life. In the first half of the twentieth century, a period that corresponded to the heyday of the picture postcard, hundreds of views were published, depicting the beautiful Main Street, the many inns and resorts, the mansions, estates, village shops, churches, and scenic hills and lakes. Ridgefield: 1900-1950 offers more than two hundred of these glimpses of a bygone time of affluence and change-what one historian has called Ridgefield's golden era.
Hidden History of Ridgefield, Connecticut
Author: Jack Sanders
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467118141
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Time nearly erased many astounding tales and unexpected anecdotes from Ridgefield's history. Its colorful characters include a widow who built a landmark Manhattan hotel, her neighbor who invented one of the first "helicopters" and a CIA operative who helped one thousand Americans flee Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. Lesser known are the stories of the Ridgefield artists who gave the world Superman and Lowly Worm and brought the Wild West to life. One local writer helped make Hawthorne famous, while another penned thousands of hymns still sung around the globe. Join retired newspaper editor Jack Sanders as he uncovers nearly forgotten people and moments of Ridgefield's past.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467118141
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Time nearly erased many astounding tales and unexpected anecdotes from Ridgefield's history. Its colorful characters include a widow who built a landmark Manhattan hotel, her neighbor who invented one of the first "helicopters" and a CIA operative who helped one thousand Americans flee Saigon at the end of the Vietnam War. Lesser known are the stories of the Ridgefield artists who gave the world Superman and Lowly Worm and brought the Wild West to life. One local writer helped make Hawthorne famous, while another penned thousands of hymns still sung around the globe. Join retired newspaper editor Jack Sanders as he uncovers nearly forgotten people and moments of Ridgefield's past.
Ridgefield in Review
Author: Silvio A. Bedini
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780832840265
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780832840265
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Census of Population: 1950: Characteristics of the population
Author: United States. Bureau of the Census
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Census
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Census
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Wicked Ridgefield, Connecticut
Author: Jack Sanders
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467136824
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Ridgefield is no stranger to life's shadier characters. The history of this idyllic community includes cunning crooks, suburban embezzlers, bungling burglars and wandering scallywags. In 1894, a group of bank robbers literally blew it in a heist at the Saving Bank--the explosion attracted witnesses to see the gang miss out on a grand haul of fifty dollars. Half a decade later, in 1940, a skeleton whose origins still befuddle experts was unearthed in a tree nursery. This look at the darker side of Ridgefield's past includes sad and tragic moments as well, such as newlyweds imprisoned in the Tombs, the Satanists of the '70s and a hermit murdered for love. Local editor Jack Sanders tells fascinating tales of two centuries of Ridgefield criminals, n'er-do-wells and even wayward do-gooders in this entertaining--and occasionally humorous--glimpse into some of the town's wickedest moments.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467136824
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1
Book Description
Ridgefield is no stranger to life's shadier characters. The history of this idyllic community includes cunning crooks, suburban embezzlers, bungling burglars and wandering scallywags. In 1894, a group of bank robbers literally blew it in a heist at the Saving Bank--the explosion attracted witnesses to see the gang miss out on a grand haul of fifty dollars. Half a decade later, in 1940, a skeleton whose origins still befuddle experts was unearthed in a tree nursery. This look at the darker side of Ridgefield's past includes sad and tragic moments as well, such as newlyweds imprisoned in the Tombs, the Satanists of the '70s and a hermit murdered for love. Local editor Jack Sanders tells fascinating tales of two centuries of Ridgefield criminals, n'er-do-wells and even wayward do-gooders in this entertaining--and occasionally humorous--glimpse into some of the town's wickedest moments.
The History of Ridgefield, Connecticut
Author: George Lounsbury Rockwell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Connecticut
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Census of Population, 1960
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 752
Book Description
Census of Population: 1950
Author: United States. Bureau of the Census
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
1970 Census of Population
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Census of Population, 1950
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description