As the Century Turned: Photographic Glimpses and similar items

Birkitts Books presents ... As the Century Turned: Photographic Glimpses of Danvers, Massachusetts, 1880-1910 ISBN: 0898657660 Author: Zollo, Richard P. Publisher: Walsworth Pub Co Release Date: 1989 Seller Category: History Regional US Qty Available: 1 Condition: Used: Very Good Sku: 241214002 Notes: Minor shelf wear, binding tight, inside cover has an address label, light foxing to endpages, else pages clean and unmarked. The dynamic, changing life of a community is the subject of this beautifully illustrated volume. Here are Danvers' institutions, commerce, homelife, and social times as reflected in 200 period photographs. The authors have chosen an important period in the development of their town to portray in words and pictures the many ways their town changed from an agricultural community with little time for anything except work and church to a more industrialized and cosmopolitan on where leisure time could be enjoyed, where homes could be elegantly picturesque as well as restrained, and where an honorable past was to be celebrated. Don't forget to check out other great deals in our Store!!