Author: Ken FrewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Building Harrisburg
Author: Ken FrewHarrisburg's Old Eighth Ward
Author: Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738523781
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Harrisburg was the capital of an increasingly urban and progressive Pennsylvania at the turn of the twentieth century, with the remnants of an older, more diverse city thriving in its midst. As the streets were paved for the first time and the new state capitol building rose over a humming industrial city ready to embrace change, Harrisburg's Eighth Ward clung to its rambunctious past. When the "Old Eighth" stood in the way of the new Capitol Park, one journalist asked his readers to take a stroll through the streets one last time. J. Howard Wert's "Passing of the Old Eighth" articles-awash in images of decrepitude and vice-appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot in 1912-1913 and introduced readers to such cheats, fools, and boozers as Harry Cook and "Billy Jelly." This volume presents the complete series of 35 articles chronicling the adventures of people who lived through some of the most sweeping changes in American history. More than 100 photographs-most never before published-evoke Wert's tales of a turbulent Harrisburg now long gone. Through the captivating, rarely objective voice of turn-of-the-century journalism, readers visit vanished churchyards, stroll the halls of forgotten hotels, and walk with the ghosts of gangs through crumbling alleys to brothels, gambling dens, and speakeasies. No history of Harrisburg can match this one for detailed stories of the successes and scandals of the city's "good old days." Noted educator, journalist, and Civil War veteran J. Howard Wert's articles bring to life the colorful characters and day-to-day grit and drama of his time. By turns pious, hard-nosed, and folksy, Wert's prose veers wildly among literary modes but never fails to entertain. A melding of nineteenth-century moral sensibility and modern appreciation for progress makes this work as accessible to today's readers as it was to Wert's contemporaries.
Official Documents, Comprising the Department and Other Reports Made to the Governor, Senate, and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania
Author: PennsylvaniaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Legislative journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1240
Book Description
Official Documents, Comprising the Department and Other Reports Made to the Governor, Senate and House of Representatives of Pennsylvania
Author: Harrisburg State Hospital
Author: Phillip N. ThomasPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738598275
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
In rare historical photos, discover the story of the hospital, her caretakers, and those cared for at Harrisburg State Hospital for over 150 years. Harrisburg State Hospital opened in 1851 as the Pennsylvania State Lunatic Hospital, the first public institution in the state. Situated atop a hill overlooking the Susquehanna River, the original building was an early example of a Kirkbride design hospital. The facility closed in 2006 after serving the commonwealth for 155 years. Harrisburg State Hospital: Pennsylvania's First Public Asylum presents a pictorial history of the hospital from the first year of only 12 patients through the peak of state care, when the population reached over 2,500 in the 1950s. Harrisburg State Hospital was an innovative leader in the treatment of the mentally ill, pioneering new methods of therapy even before they were common practice. It was a community and a home for those whom society could not otherwise care for.
Airport Parkway-Southern Expressway Construction Connecting the US-22, US-30, and SR-60 Interchange with the Beaver Valley Expressway (SR-60), Allegheny County
Author: Working Together
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative agencies
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Digest of Appropriations for the Support of the Government of the United States ..
Author: United States. Department of the Treasury. Bureau of AccountsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Digest of Appropriations for the Support of the Government of the United States for the Service of the Fiscal Year Ending ..., and on Account of Deficiencies for Prior Years, Made by the ... Session of the ... Congress
Author: United States. Department of the Treasury. Division of Bookkeeping and WarrantsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Author: