Pawtucket is a thriving and proud community with a rich history that spans over one hundred years. For decades, the Pawtucket Public Library and the Spaulding House Research Library have built up two remarkable archives chronicling the vivid history of Pawtucket from the 1820s to the 1990s. Now, these institutions have published over two hundred of the most fascinating images from their archives, bringing to life over one hundred and seventy years of Pawtucket's history--the people, places, landmarks, and events that have shaped this vibrant city. Accompanied by the authors' lively and authoritative text, these images invite us to journey back into the past and meet legendary Pawtucket characters such as Peter Palagi, aviator Jack McGee, and Fanny the elephant; to experience the bustle of Main Street or Broad Street in the 1870s and 1920s; and to rediscover landmarks such as the Music Hall building and Shartenberg's department store. As we meander through these pages, we see how much has been lost and yet how a sense of community has endured across the decades. This compelling visual history is a valuable contribution to the movement to preserve Pawtucket's heritage. It will be a source of education and fascination for young and old, resident and visitor alike.
A thriving and proud community, Pawtucket has a rich history spanning more than a century. With legendary characters like Peter Palagi, aviator Jack McGee, and Fanny the Elephant; landmarks such as the Music Hall building and Shartenberg's department store; and bustling business districts on Main and Broad Streets, Pawtucket's history has a life of its own. The Pawtucket Public Library and the Spaulding House Research Library have published here some of the most fascinating images from their rich collections assembled over decades and chronicling Pawtucket's vivid history from the 1820s to the 1990s. This compelling photographic history is a valuable contribution to the growing movement to preserve Pawtucket's heritage.
Including the complete screenplay, the only official book on the making of the new film is a full-color, behind-the-scenes companion to the summer blockbuster. 120 color illustrations.
The University of Rhode Island is an in-depth pictorial history of URI that covers the period beginning with its inception as a college in 1892 to the term of its current president. Settled in the rural village of Kingston, where a rolling hillside has evolved into a vast world-class educational institution, URI began as the Rhode Island Agricultural School in 1889. Photographs seen in this book tell the story of the Kingston residentsa struggle to bring the stateas agricultural school into being. We see the never-ending crusades for necessary facilities and faculty and the radical adaptations utilized during World War I and World War II. The growth and fame of coaches, athletic teams, and athletes are chronicled, and dignitaries such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson, composer Aaron Copeland, Igor Sigorsky, and innumerable others jump from the pages.
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