Historic Photos of the Presidio, Hardcover - Rebecca Schall

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...

Reducere. The 1950s, 60s, and 70s were defining moments in our nation's history, and San Francisco was at the forefront of the avant-garde artistic, intellec...

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...

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

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. 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...

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

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. 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. 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. 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. Description"I thought it must be the fairest picture the whole earth affords, " wrote Mark Twain of Lake Tahoe. Countless other visitors have agree...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen Ernest Hemingway won the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature, presenters called him "one of this epoch's great molders of style, " prai...

Reducere. From Father Louis Hennepin and Saint Anthony Falls, to becoming the ?milling capital of the world?, Historic Photos of Minneapolis is a photographi...

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...

Reducere. From Norfolk Naval Base, the world's largest naval base, to the Norfolk Southern Railway, one of North America's largest railroads, Historic Photos...

Reducere. Las Vegas is a Spanish word meaning The Meadows or The Grasslands was established as a railroad town in 1905 and was officially incorporated in 191...

Reducere. The climate was good, the soil was good, and the people who came to this fertile area on the Pacific Coast of America knew they had found a special...

Reducere. Alexandria, Virginia, has been witness to events which helped create America. Many of the nation's founding fathers and well-known historical figur...

Reducere. For a century after its incorporation in 1740, Wilmington, North Carolina remained a sleepy port city. Then, the coming of steam-power, especially ...

Reducere. Native South Carolinian and historian Benjamin Brawley once wrote, "The little triangle on the map known as South Carolina represents a portion of ...

Reducere. DescriptionHistoric Photos of Tampa follows the evolving culture of the Cigar Capital of the World"" through one of the finest archives in the city...

Reducere. DescriptionHistoric Photos of Jacksonville captures the historical growth of this city in still photography from the top archives in the area. Stun...