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| Author | : Myra Yellin Outwater |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Allentown (Pa.) |
| ISBN | : 9780764327506 |
Enjoy a nostalgic look back at Allentown, Pennsylvania, during its "Golden Age", from the late 1890s through the 1950s. During this period, Allentown's citizens left behind their frugal Pennsylvania German traditions to take on the social and cultural trappings of the twentieth century. Capitalising on a labour force swelled by an influx of immigrants, local entrepreneurs created many new businesses and factories. As their fortunes and aspirations grew, these men built large mansions, hotels, and public parks. Amusement parks sprang up, theatres were built on Hamilton Street, and Allentown became an All-American city with an upscale future. Over 360 images of vintage postcards and memorabilia bring this exciting time in Allentown's history to life.
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| Total Pages | : 190 |
| Release | : 1917 |
| Genre | : Allentown (Pa.) |
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| Author | : Frank A. Whelan |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780738562759 |
Hess's Department Store was a unique department store that with a combination of style and showmanship became a shopping legend for almost 100 years. Hess's was founded in 1897 in Allentown by brothers Max and Charles Hess. From its start as a dry goods store, it became the downtown heart of Pennsylvania's third-largest city for much of the 20th century. Its reputation was further enhanced by Max Hess's son, a showman for merchandising. Through a series of photographs, many from private collections and seldom seen, Hess's Department Store brings the glory days of Hess's to life again.
| Author | : United States. Congress Senate |
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| Total Pages | : 2296 |
| Release | : 1956 |
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| Author | : Kevin S. Gildner |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2006-04-12 |
| Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
| ISBN | : 1439617783 |
Allentown is many things to many different people. It is a historical city, a city of churches, a city of immigrants, and a place that values hard work, education, and recreation. This is a city with rich and unique stories to tell. Allentown captures historical stories such as the hiding of the Liberty Bell, early railroad and canal transportation, and the training of World War I ambulance drivers. Other stories include how politics influenced the building of a world-class park system. This rare collection of postcards depicts how the people of Allentown shaped the city into their idea of the American dream.
| Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 808 |
| Release | : 1956 |
| Genre | : Commercial policy |
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| Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations |
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| Total Pages | : 142 |
| Release | : 1956 |
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| Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations |
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| Total Pages | : 144 |
| Release | : 1956 |
| Genre | : Communism |
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Considers allegations that communist-run educational institutions received Federal funds for veterans education.
| Author | : Randall Gabrielan |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780738500942 |
With over two hundred historical photographs, Allentown and Upper Freehold Township offers a fascinating overview of two communities in Monmouth County that are closely tied together historically and culturally. Allentown and Upper Freehold Township are located at the western border of a county that nearly spans the state from the Atlantic Ocean to a few miles from the Delaware River. This book explores how the county's last rural landscape, Upper Freehold Township, deals with the increasing pressure of development and the effects of these changes on the charming community of Allentown. See the pastoral beauty of farms such as Merino Hill and the small settlements that dot Upper Freehold. Discover the "most crooked Main Street in America," at Imlaystown, the creamery at Cream Ridge, and the important landmarks of the Old Yellow Meeting House and the Allentown mill.
| Author | : Stan Huskey |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 132 |
| Release | : 2009-08-31 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1625842562 |
Olympians, soldiers and abolitionists have all hailed from the bustling shores of Norristown, Pennsylvania. Beginning as a modest seventeenth-century settlement along the hidden river, it became an industrial boomtown and attracted waves of immigrants to its forges, railways and mills. Local journalist Stan Huskey brings together lively vignettes and fascinating firsthand accounts to introduce such characters as Union general Winfield S. Hancock, hero of Gettysburg, and baseball greats Tommy Lasorda and Mike Piazza. From tales of calamitous train wrecks to the bygone era of streetcars, Huskey brings readers back to the glow of the hometown lights.
