Author: Hugh HemphillPublisher: Maverick Books
ISBN: 9781595346803
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The rise of mechanized transportation in San Antonio
San Antonio on Wheels
Author: Hugh HemphillPublisher: Maverick Books
ISBN: 9781595346803
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The rise of mechanized transportation in San Antonio
San Antonio's Churches
Author: Milo KearneyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738585369
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
The towns that the Spaniards of colonial Mexico planted on their northern frontier were organized around the ideal of a close interaction between church, missionary outreach, and military. San Antonio was the most successful realization of this dream in Texas. The pattern of this tripartite approach has continued to shape the rich culture of the city down to the present. With this selection of photos, San Antonio's Churches takes a snapshot visit back through religious development throughout the three centuries of San Antonio's history.
San Antonio
Author: Nancy Haston FosterPublisher: Taylor Trade Publishing
ISBN: 1461709369
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
This easy-to-use guide gives you the history, highlights, and hot spots of the nation's eighth largest city. You get extensive listings of historical places, annual events, restaurants, accomodations, shopping areas, and more.
Muscle on Wheels
Author: M. Ann HallPublisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773555323
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The majestic high-wheel bicycle, with its spider wheels and rubber tires, emerged in the mid-1870s as the standard bicycle. A common misconception is that, bound by Victorian dress and decorum, women were unable to ride it, only taking up cycling in the 1880s with the advent of the chain-driven safety bicycle. On the contrary, women had been riding and even racing some form of the bicycle since the first vélocipèdes appeared in Europe early in the nineteenth century. Challenging the understanding that bicycling was a purely masculine sport, Muscle on Wheels tells the story of women's high-wheel racing in North America in the 1880s and early 1890s, with a focus on a particular cyclist: Louise Armaindo (1857–1900). Among Canada's first women professional athletes and the first woman who was truly successful as a high-wheel racer, Armaindo began her career as a strongwoman and trapeze artist in Chicago in the 1870s before discovering high-wheel bicycle racing. Initially she competed against men, but as more women took up the sport, she raced them too. Although Armaindo is the star of Muscle on Wheels, the book is also about other women cyclists and the many men – racers, managers, trainers, agents, bookmakers, sport administrators, and editors of influential cycling magazines – who controlled the sport, especially in the United States. The story of working-class Victorian women who earned a living through their athletic talent, Muscle on Wheels showcases an exciting moment in women's and athletic history that is often forgotten or misconstrued.
Report
Author: United States. Congress SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1778
Book Description
Motor Truck Journal
Author: AERA.
Author: Report
Author: United States. Congress. HousePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1626
Book Description
A Nation on Wheels
Author: Housing Needs in San Antonio, TX
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Housing and Community DevelopmentPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 424
Book Description