Author: Frederick S. Lightfoot
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Charming pictorial history of Suffolk and a bygone era: village life, farming, fishing, shipping, transportation, leisure activities, one-room schools, churches, yachts, more. 184 black-and-white photographs. Introduction. Index.
Suffolk County, Long Island, in Early Photographs, 1867-1951
Author: Frederick S. Lightfoot
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Charming pictorial history of Suffolk and a bygone era: village life, farming, fishing, shipping, transportation, leisure activities, one-room schools, churches, yachts, more. 184 black-and-white photographs. Introduction. Index.
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Charming pictorial history of Suffolk and a bygone era: village life, farming, fishing, shipping, transportation, leisure activities, one-room schools, churches, yachts, more. 184 black-and-white photographs. Introduction. Index.
Garden City, Long Island, in Early Photographs, 1869-1919
Author: Mildred H. Smith
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486406695
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Handsome treasury of 118 vintage pictures, accompanied by captions, document the Garden City Hotel fire (1899), the Vanderbilt Cup Race (1908), the first airmail flight departing from the Nassau Boulevard Aerodrome (1911), more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486406695
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Handsome treasury of 118 vintage pictures, accompanied by captions, document the Garden City Hotel fire (1899), the Vanderbilt Cup Race (1908), the first airmail flight departing from the Nassau Boulevard Aerodrome (1911), more.
Old Queens, N.Y., in Early Photographs
Author: Vincent F. Seyfried
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486136019
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Recalls "good old days" in Maspeth, Jamaica, Astoria, Jackson Heights, other areas: DeWitt Clinton mansion, hotel where Washington slept (1790), plus recent landmarks — Astoria Studios, 1939 World's Fair, more. 261 prints.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486136019
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Recalls "good old days" in Maspeth, Jamaica, Astoria, Jackson Heights, other areas: DeWitt Clinton mansion, hotel where Washington slept (1790), plus recent landmarks — Astoria Studios, 1939 World's Fair, more. 261 prints.
Old Brooklyn in Early Photographs, 1865-1929
Author: William Lee Younger
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486141691
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
157 photographs, many never before reprinted, show the vitality and variety of old Brooklyn: waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge, Fulton Street, Brooklyn Heights, Ebbets Field, Luna Park, Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach Hotel, more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486141691
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
157 photographs, many never before reprinted, show the vitality and variety of old Brooklyn: waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge, Fulton Street, Brooklyn Heights, Ebbets Field, Luna Park, Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach Hotel, more.
Maritime New York in Nineteenth-century Photographs
Author: Harry Johnson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486239637
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Rich treasury of 210 vintage views of New York harbor before 1900. Clipper ships, South Street docks, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Cunard liners, much more. Many photos never before published. Unique record of Old New York via early photography.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486239637
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Rich treasury of 210 vintage views of New York harbor before 1900. Clipper ships, South Street docks, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Cunard liners, much more. Many photos never before published. Unique record of Old New York via early photography.
Historic Amusement Parks of Long Island
Author: Marisa L. Berman
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625849818
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
When Long Island became a suburban paradise after World War II, ambitious entrepreneurs created dozens of amusement parks to help families unwind. The Nunley family built a park in Baldwin in 1939, and it was so successful that they opened Nunley's Happyland in Bethpage just a few years later. Westbury's Spaceland fascinated youngsters with dreams of becoming astronauts, and Frontier City in Amityville was heaven on earth to fans of the Wild West. Today, historic parks like Deno's Wonder Wheel Park in Coney Island and Adventureland in Farmingdale still delight children and remind parents of happy memories of their own. Local author Marisa Berman explores the decades of fun and laughter from Long Island's historic amusement parks.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625849818
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
When Long Island became a suburban paradise after World War II, ambitious entrepreneurs created dozens of amusement parks to help families unwind. The Nunley family built a park in Baldwin in 1939, and it was so successful that they opened Nunley's Happyland in Bethpage just a few years later. Westbury's Spaceland fascinated youngsters with dreams of becoming astronauts, and Frontier City in Amityville was heaven on earth to fans of the Wild West. Today, historic parks like Deno's Wonder Wheel Park in Coney Island and Adventureland in Farmingdale still delight children and remind parents of happy memories of their own. Local author Marisa Berman explores the decades of fun and laughter from Long Island's historic amusement parks.
AIA Architectural Guide to Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island
Author: American Institute of Architects
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486269467
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The most comprehensive, well-researched and generously illustrated volume of its kind on the subject, bringing over three centuries of Long Island’s great architectural heritage to life. Over 240 photographs, complete with authoritative, extensively detailed captions, present a wide range of structures—from simple lean-tos to distinguished contemporary buildings by such architects as Marcel Breuer, Frank Lloyd Wright, David L. Finci and others.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486269467
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The most comprehensive, well-researched and generously illustrated volume of its kind on the subject, bringing over three centuries of Long Island’s great architectural heritage to life. Over 240 photographs, complete with authoritative, extensively detailed captions, present a wide range of structures—from simple lean-tos to distinguished contemporary buildings by such architects as Marcel Breuer, Frank Lloyd Wright, David L. Finci and others.
The Building of the Panama Canal in Historic Photographs
Author: Ulrich Keller
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486319253
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
This tale of an unprecedented technological advance unfolds in a compelling narrative of risks, hardships, disasters, and triumph. More than 160 historic photographs depict exotic settings, workers' housing, dredging operations, much more.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486319253
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
This tale of an unprecedented technological advance unfolds in a compelling narrative of risks, hardships, disasters, and triumph. More than 160 historic photographs depict exotic settings, workers' housing, dredging operations, much more.
New York Then and Now
Author: Edward B. Watson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486131068
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Early Manhattan sites are set against more modern photos taken from same position: Times Square, Wall Street, Fifth Avenue, many more. Includes 83 early photographs from 1875 to 1925 contrasted with photos taken in 1976.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486131068
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Early Manhattan sites are set against more modern photos taken from same position: Times Square, Wall Street, Fifth Avenue, many more. Includes 83 early photographs from 1875 to 1925 contrasted with photos taken in 1976.
The New York World's Fair, 1939/1940 in 155 Photographs
Author: Richard Wurts
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486234946
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Analyse: Photographies de Richard Wurts, Carl van Vechten, Samuel H. Gottscho, Underwood & Underwood, Sigurd Fisher et Michael L. Radoslovich.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486234946
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Analyse: Photographies de Richard Wurts, Carl van Vechten, Samuel H. Gottscho, Underwood & Underwood, Sigurd Fisher et Michael L. Radoslovich.