[PDF] Photo Postcards Of Grand Forks North Dakota eBook

Author : Larry Aasen
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,37 MB
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738501611

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From the 1890s through the 1920s, the postcard was an extraordinarily popular means of communication, and many of the postcards produced during this "golden age" can today be considered works of art. Postcard photographers traveled the length and breadth of the nation snapping photographs of busy street scenes, documenting local landmarks, and assembling crowds of local children only too happy to pose for a picture. These images, printed as postcards and sold in general stores across the country, survive as telling reminders of an important era in America's history. This fascinating new history of Nashville, Tennessee, showcases more than two hundred of the best vintage postcards available.

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Page : pages
File Size : 44,27 MB
Release : 19??
Category : Badlands
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Includes scenes of the Badlands, the Moline Cafe in Jamestown, Northern Pacific Railway and lunchroom in Mandan, and postcards of buildings in downtown Bismarck, along with pictures of North Dakota ducks.

Author : Geneva Roth Olstad
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 23,18 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738507606

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Whether you consider the postcard a work of art, or a simple means of connecting with loved ones far away, there is no denying it has become something more enduring-a historical document. Journey with us to Main Street-the center of business, trade, culture, and information in towns up and down the expanse of the Great Plains. Many of the towns seen in Main Street, North Dakota Volume II, have disappeared off the map, but many more still stand, and continue to thrive.

Author : Larry Aasen
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 14,33 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738507637

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During the early years of the 20th century, American families witnessed amazing changes in their daily lives--the arrival of plumbing and electricity in their homes, the first automobiles, and thanks to the Eastman Kodak Company, the first affordable, portable, photographic instrument, the box camera. Many families purchased the box camera (for $1) and began to document their own histories. It is upon these histories that North Dakota places its focus. Nowhere were the changes so dramatic as on the Great Plains, and in the state of North Dakota especially. Due to the huge influx of immigrants, mostly from Scandinavia, the state's population more than doubled from 1900 to 1940, roughly the period covered in North Dakota. But this was also a time of hardship and struggle, as the Great Depression, the Dustbowl, and war took their toll on North Dakota families. But through hard work and perseverence, most of these families survived, and thrived, and now share with us the story of that time.

Author : Geneva Roth Olstad
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 36,88 MB
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738507262

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The postcard has always been a popular form of communication, but as we look back, it also serves as a valuable historical document. The views of our past offer us a unique insight into the people and places that came before us. Main Street, North Dakota offers us an intriguing look at that uniquely American street, where business was transacted, goods purchased, and information and stories shared. Some of the towns collected here have disappeared off the map, but the majority have survived and continue to grow and prosper.

Author : Lawrence O. Aasen
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Page : pages
File Size : 31,75 MB
Release : 2006-05-01
Category : North Dakota
ISBN : 9780911042634

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Postcards dating from the early 1900s to the 1930s, most in color.

Author : Wallace K. Ewing Ph.D.
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 11,55 MB
Release : 2003-06-17
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1439613842

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By the start of the 20th century, the Grand Haven area had begun to establish itself as a desirable vacation spot, as well as the center of a vigorous manufacturing base. Trains, stately steamers, and private automobiles brought visitors to the resorts of their choice, while many new companies joined other well-established firms, broadening employment opportunities for local workers. It was a time of significant change, and the picture postcard helped record those changes. In this book, a companion to The Grand Haven Area: 1860-1960, the history of Grand Haven and the surrounding area is revealed through picture postcards. Lakeshore scenes, resorts, and cottages are paired with images of bridges, streets, homes, and people at work and play to document a remarkable era of originality, enjoyment, and progress.

Author : Marilyn Hagerty
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 28,8 MB
Release : 2013-08-27
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0062228900

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Once upon a time, salad was iceberg lettuce with a few shredded carrots and a cucumber slice, if you were lucky. A vegetable side was potatoes—would you like those baked, mashed, or au gratin? A nice anniversary dinner? Would you rather visit the Holiday Inn or the Regency Inn? In Grand Forks, North Dakota, a small town where professors moonlight as farmers, farmers moonlight as football coaches, and everyone loves hockey, one woman has had the answers for more than twenty-five years: Marilyn Hagerty. In her weekly Eatbeat column in the local paper, Marilyn gives the denizens of Grand Forks the straight scoop on everything from the best blue plate specials—beef stroganoff at the Pantry—to the choicest truck stops—the Big Sioux (and its lutefisk lunch special)—to the ambience of the town's first Taco Bell. Her verdict? "A cool pastel oasis on a hot day." No-nonsense but wry, earnest but self-aware, Eatbeat also encourages the best in its readers—reminding them to tip well and why—and serves as its own kind of down-home social register, peopled with stories of ex–postal workers turned café owners and prom queen waitresses. Filled with reviews of the mom-and-pop diners that eventually gave way to fast-food joints and the Norwegian specialties that finally faded away in the face of the Olive Garden's endless breadsticks, Grand Forks is more than just a loving look at the shifts in American dining in the last years of the twentieth century—it is also a surprisingly moving and hilarious portrait of the quintessential American town, one we all recognize in our hearts regardless of where we're from.