Author: Anson Phelps StokesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Haven
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Historical Prints of New Haven, Connecticut
Author: Anson Phelps StokesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New Haven
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
New Haven
Author: Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738510323
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
New Haven, as its name implies, has always strived to be a place of betterment for its citizens. Its Puritan founders wanted to make it a religious utopia. Its Colonial leaders transformed its shallow harbor into a shipping port and worked to bring Yale to town. Nineteenth-century entrepreneurs won industrial fame for the city with the manufacturing of arms, hardware, and carriages. By 1900, New Haven was home to thousands of new immigrants seeking a better life. It is no surprise, then, that as the century proceeded, local leaders tried to create a "model city." This time, however, the tools of progress were the bulldozer, the wrecking ball, and millions of dollars from the U.S. government. It was called urban redevelopment. In never-before-published photographs from the archives of the New Haven Colony Historical Society, New Haven: Reshaping the City, 1900-1980 portrays the twentieth-century changes that altered the face of a major Connecticut port. The book spotlights the bustling shops of downtown, the crowded flea markets on Oak Street, and the other neighborhoods that lost and gained most during this period of swift and remarkable change: State Street, Church and Chapel Streets, Wooster Square, Long Wharf, Dixwell and Newhallville, Fair Haven, the Hill, and Dwight Street, among others.
History of the Colony of New Haven, Before and After the Union with Connecticut
Author: Edward Rodolphus LambertPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Branford (Conn. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
New Haven’s Sentinels
Author: Jelle Zeilinga de BoerPublisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819573752
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
West Rock and East Rock are bold and beautiful features around New Haven, Connecticut. They resemble monumental gateways (or time-tried sentinels) and represent a moment in geologic time when the North American and African continents began to separate and volcanism affected much of Connecticut. The rocks attracted the attention of poets, painters, and naturalists when beliefs rose about the spiritual dimensions of nature in the early 19th century. More than two dozen artists, including Frederick Church, George Durrie, and John Weir, captured their magic and produced an assortment of classic American landscapes. In the same period, the science of geology evolved rapidly, triggered by the controversy between proponents and opponents of biblical explanations for the origin of rocks. Lavishly illustrated, featuring over sixty paintings and prints, this book is a perfect introduction to understanding the relationship of geology and art. It will delight those who appreciate landscape painting, and anyone who has seen the grandeur of East and West Rock.
American Paintings and Historical Prints from the Middendorf Collection
Author: Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
History of East Haven
Author: Sarah Eva HughesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : East Haven (Conn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
New Haven
Author: Colin M. CaplanPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738544755
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Originally inhabited by the native Quinnipiac, the Puritans traded blankets and wares in 1638 to acquire land destined to be a prosperous mercantile port. New Haven became a manufacturing center and was the carriage and corset capital of the world, while also being a leader in clocks, firearms, hardware, and oyster harvesting. Charles Goodyear and George W. Bush once called this city home, and Yale has attracted famous people such as Eli Whitney and Bill and Hillary Clinton. Within New Haven, antique and modern views are juxtaposed and vividly display the effects of mass redevelopment and industrial decline in the Elm City, while showing the development of community and economic prosperity in the 21st century.
American Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil
Author: Samuel ManningPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Hidden History of New Haven
Author: Robert HubbardPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439666571
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
The celebrated history of New Haven often overshadows its fascinating and forgotten past. The Elm City was home to America's first woman dentist, an architect who designed the tallest twin towers in the world and a medical student who used toy parts to create an artificial heart pump. The city's share of disasters includes Connecticut's worst aviation crash, a zookeeper who was mauled to death and a fire at the Rialto Theater. Local authors Robert and Kathleen Hubbard reveal the rich and fascinating cultural legacies of one of New England's most treasured cities.
A Primary Source History of the Colony of Connecticut
Author: Ann MalaspinaPublisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 9781404204249
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Maps, documents, and artwork are used to introduce the history of Connecticut to the time of the American Revolution.