Author: Malcolm MilesPublisher:
ISBN: 9789028825987
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Newport in Old Picture Postcards
Author: Malcolm MilesPublisher:
ISBN: 9789028825987
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Newport (Gwent) in Old Picture Postcards
Author: David JonesPublisher:
ISBN: 9789028855960
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Newport in Vintage Postcards
Author: Robert YoderPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738518121
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Newport's recent revitalization gives its citizens all the more reason to remember the city's storied past. Before Newport boomed with tourism, it was dubbed "the Sin City of the South," infamous for its abundant casinos and nightclubs. Prior to that, though, Newport thrived as a street car suburb and an industrial hub, relying on the Ohio River for transportation. Along with its neighbor, the Queen City of Cincinnati, Newport blossomed into the vibrant community that it is today. The vintage postcards in this volume depict the fascinating legacy left by Newport's people and places.
Newport News
Author: Harold ConesPublisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764324055
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Over 250 vintage postcards takes readers on a journey through the city of Newport News, Virginia. View its history, industry, recreation, and culture from the 1890s through World War II. A chapter on deltiology (the study and collecting of postcards) gives collectors useful information to help them build their own postcard collection.
Newport Mansions
Author: Federico SantiPublisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764352096
Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
"Newport, Rhode Island nicknamed "the Queen of Resorts," has been celebrated in beautiful postcard portrayals for over a hundred years. Today, these vintage cards illuminate the glories of the Gilded Age, when huge mansions or "cottages" built by competing industrialists blossomed along Bellevue Avenue and the Cliff Walk, turning a once-quiet New England watering hole into the apex of nouveau riche destinations. This updated and expanded second edition features over 200 period images of the mansions, the beautiful beaches, and the shopping areas where the Newport Summer Colony gathered to do what they did best: spend money. See how Newport was forever changed by the prolific growth of cottages during the late nineteenth century. Today, many of these testaments to power and wealth are house museums, where thousands visit annually to see firsthand how the rich and famous lived. Includes a guide to postcard values and collector tips."--page [4] of cover.
Thirty-two Picture Postcards of Old New York
Author: Pembroke in Old Picture Postcards
Author: Keith JohnsonPublisher:
ISBN: 9789028851177
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
Edwardian Childhood on Old Picture Postcards
Author: Brian LundPublisher: Thomas Reed Publications
ISBN:
Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Theophilus North
Author: Thornton WilderPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0062943367
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
“An extremely entertaining array of American life in a bygone era.” — New Yorker The last of Thornton Wilder’s works published during his lifetime, Theophilus North is part autobiographical and part the imagined adventures of Wilder’s twin brother who died at birth. This edition features an updated afterword from Wilder’s nephew, Tappan Wilder, with illuminating material about the novelist, story and setting. Setting out to see the world in the summer of 1926, Theophilus North gets as far as Newport, Rhode Island, before his car breaks down. To support himself, Theophilus takes jobs in the elegant mansions along Ocean Drive, just as Wilder himself did in the same decade. Soon the young man finds himself playing the roles of tutor, tennis coach, spy, confidant, lover, friend and enemy as he becomes entangled in adventure and intrigue in Newport’s fabulous addresses, as well as in its local boarding houses, restaurants, dives and military barracks. Narrated by the elderly North from a distance of fifty years, Theophilus North is a fascinating commentary on youth and education from the vantage point of age, and deftly displays Wilder’s trademark wit juxtaposed with his lively and timeless ruminations on what really matters, at the end of the day, about life, love, and work.
Author: Peter S. Bailey