Historic Photos of the University of Florida, Hardcover - Steve Rajtar

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

Reducere. Unlike the movie ghost towns of the Old West, the ghost towns in Florida don't have tumbleweeds rolling on deserted dirt roads, abandoned wooden sa...

Reducere. DescriptionWhen the Florida Agricultural College in Lake City became the University of Florida and moved south to Gainesville in 1906, it had a ver...

Reducere. DescriptionTravel these easy-to-follow tours of St. Augustine, North America s oldest continuously inhabited European settlement. Explore famed St....

Reducere. DescriptionNothing about history pops off a page better than illustrative photos. And nothing can tell the story of the first century of the Trojan...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1854, Saint Paul incorporated as a city and, in 1858 Minnesota was admitted to the union with Saint Paul becoming the 32nd state capi...

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. DescriptionFounded in Detroit, Michigan, in 1817 as one of the first public universities in the nation, the University of Michigan moved to Ann Arb...

Reducere. DescriptionOn January 30, 1892, on a field adjacent a small university's quadrangle, just behind its New College, a mascot--the university goat--wa...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1992, the centennial year of the University of Alabama football program, the Crimson Tide won its 12th national championship. Few maj...

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

This volume uses case studies to capture the recent emphasis on history in archaeological reconstructions of America's deep past. Previously, archa...

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...

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. 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...

"Hulbert's book provides the first comprehensive review of the fossil vertebrates of Florida, which has one of the richest Cenozoic fossil records ...

Fall under the spell of Florida's natural environment In this captivating collection, Florida's most notable authors, poets, and environmentalists ...

DescriptionFlorida is home to a more diverse variety of amphibians and reptiles than any other state due to its wide array of ecosystems--from pine...

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

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. 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. "I don't think there was a better time and place to be a teenager than in Florida in the 1950s. It was such a magical place. Elvis is part of what ...

Reducere. From South Beach to the Everglades, Historic Photos of Greater Miami is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives. With around 2...

Reducere. From the earliest rudimentary conveyances to the floating palaces of the present day, a period of 200 years, steamboats have carved out a very spec...

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. The Florida Keys possess a staggering wealth of lighthouses--nine in all, from the remote iron light at Fowey Rocks to classic brick structures at ...

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. 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...