Historic Photos of the Golden Gate Bridge, Hardcover - Anne Merritt

Reducere. DescriptionThe Golden Gate Bridge is a marvel of engineering and architecture considered by many to be one of the world's most beautiful bridges, i...

DescriptionThe Golden Gate Bridge, spanning San Francisco Bay in California, has become an iconic symbol of the city of San Francisco. Engineering ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Brooklyn Bridge resounds throughout popular culture as an iconic image. Yet its creation was fraught with turmoil. Working with the ...

Reducere. People living in San Francisco during the 1920s and 1930s are fascinated by the project to build the Golden Gate Bridge the worlds longest suspensi...

Reducere. Nine million people visit the Golden Gate Bridge each year, yet how many know why it's painted that stunning shade of"international orange"? Or tha...

Situated at the mouth of the Golden Gate is the Presidio of San Francisco, one of the nation's most famous former U.S. Army bases, currently a Nati...

Founded in 1906 in Gainesville as a consolidation of several smaller institutions focusing on agriculture, teacher training, and the military, the ...

Reducere. DescriptionChicago's World's Columbian Exposition, popularly called the Chicago World's Fair, or the White City, was the largest and most spectacul...

Reducere. DescriptionCalled The Mother Church of Country Music, the Ryman Auditorium saw a historic chapter come to a close in 1974 when it closed its doors ...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom our earliest history, Americans have had an uneasy affection for our outlaws, especially those from the romantic period of the Old ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe wind was gusting around the Golden Gate Bridge on a March afternoon in 2005 when a 22-year-old man climbed the railing, convinced he...

Reducere. The atomic age began at 5: 30 a.m. on July 16, 1945, with the explosion of "the Gadget" at Trinity near Alamogordo, New Mexico. Prelude to the bomb...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER! Capturing an ever-changing San Francisco, 25 acclaimed writers tell their stories of living in one of the most mesmerizing cit...

Reducere. DescriptionNo story in United States history is more compelling than the exploration and settlement of the American West, and the tales of those wh...

Reducere. Appalachia: The place and its people have long inspired a special fascination among travelers and commentators. The rugged, ecologically rich mount...

Reducere. From the old capitol to the new capitol, the Battle of Natural Bridge to the battles at Doak Campbell Stadium, Historic Photos of Tallahassee is a ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe images in this book, Historic Photos of University of Michigan Football, depict 100 years of gridiron action and the players and coa...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom its beginnings as a frontier military post on the Missouri River, through its years as a transportation and meatpacking center, to ...

Reducere. Minnesota's past is defined by its remarkable natural resources, and shaped by its native peoples and early settlers. From the fur trade and the es...

Reducere. Historic Photos of Chicago captures the remarkable journey of the city of broad shoulders and its people through the historic photographs of the Ch...

Reducere. Montana is a land known for soaring vistas, towering peaks, and a rich heritage. The nearly 200 photographs in this collection celebrate the unique...

Reducere. Arizona, the 48th state of the United States of America, is a land of diverse environments and unbelievable natural beauty. It is also a land where...

Reducere. Admitted to the Union in 1821 as the 24th state, Missouri is rich with the lore of American history. Within and along its borders flow two great ri...

Reducere. Known for its natural beauty, Oregon has a unique and remarkable history. During the sixteenth century, European explorers sighted the Oregon coast...

Reducere. It has been home to the Lakota and Pawnee, to Buffalo Bill and the "Great Commoner." From its earliest days, Nebraska has held a strategic place in...

Reducere. DescriptionHistoric Photos of Cincinnati captures the history of The Queen City in still photography from various collections held at the Cincinnat...

Reducere. DescriptionThe City in the Forest, Atlanta was a spot found in the wilderness of north Georgia for the end of a railroad line. It was thought few p...

Reducere. Explore California's most visited city park in this A-to-Z adventure From A for Artist Ruth Asawa's hanging wire creations in the de Young Museum t...

Reducere. DescriptionSt. Louis is the largest city in Missouri and the Gateway to the West, a moniker symbolized since 1965 by the mighty Gateway Arch fronti...

Reducere. Oklahoma has a famously violent past and equally famous lawmen who brought peace and order to this once lawless land. Thanks to Oklahoma's relative...

Reducere. DescriptionIts place directly opposite San Francisco Bay from one of the world's most visited cities has left Oakland to struggle against compariso...

Reducere. DescriptionHISTORIC PHOTOS OF CHATTANOOGA captures the remarkable journey of this city and her people with still photography from the finest archiv...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1859, 100, 000 folks started the journey to the Pikes Peak goldfields, but only 50, 000 completed the trip. An additional 25, 000 soo...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom the original founding fathers of Juneau, Kilbourn and Walker to becoming the brewing capitol of the world, Historic Photos of Milwa...

Reducere. DescriptionBy the mid-nineteenth century, the city of Nashville was a vibrant cultural center of the South. Through the Civil War reconstruction, t...

Reducere. DescriptionHISTORIC PHOTOS OF MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE captures the remarkable journey of this city and her people with still photography from the finest...

The vast lingering remnant of an ice age that came to a close more than 10, 000 years ago, Lake Michigan has shaped the history of the settlements ...

Reducere. From the Capital of the Confederacy to Monument Avenue, the first electric trolley cars to Phillip Morris, Historic Photos of Richmond is a photogr...

Reducere. DescriptionOklahoma has an excellent photographic record, largely because the twin territories developed along the same general timeline as modern ...

Reducere. HISTORIC PHOTOS OF BIRMINGHAM captures the remarkable journey of this cultural city of the South, with still photography from the finest archives o...