Local history

Perhaps no city has a more fabled past than Chicago, home of legendary Al Capone.

Historic Photos of Chicago captures the remarkable journey of the city of broad shoulders"e;"e; and its people through the historic photographs of the Chicago History Museum.

HISTORIC PHOTOS OF CHATTANOOGA captures the remarkable journey of this city and her people with still photography from the finest archives of city, state and private collections.

Historic Photos of Charlotte captures the historical growth of the Queen City"e;"e; in still photography from the top archives in the area.

Brooklyn, a magical name, both fantasy and enigma.

The history of theater in New York is captured in the images of the Billy Rose Theatre Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Historic Photos of Boston captures Beantown's"e;"e; past through photographs from the city's finest archives.

HISTORIC PHOTOS OF BIRMINGHAM captures the remarkable journey of this cultural city of the South, with still photography from the finest archives of city, state and private collections.

With a history tied to the Mississippi River, Baton Rouge has grown from its colonial past as a military outpost favored by the French, English, and Spanish, in turn, into an American city of modern industry and rich diversity.

Historic Photos of Austin captures the remarkable journey of this city and her people, in still photography from the finest archives of city, state, and private collections.

The City in the Forest, Atlanta was a spot found in the wilderness of north Georgia for the end of a railroad line.

Much of Arlington County typified the sleepy Southern town, decades into the twentieth century.

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

Founded in 1824, Ann Arbor got its name originally from Annsarbour in honor of the founders' wives, both of whom were named Ann.

From Anaheim Hills to The Canyon, the Platinum Triangle to Disneyland, Historic Photos of Anaheim is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives.

Alexandria, Virginia, has been witness to events which helped create America.

This is the first truly complete treatment of the history and genealogy of Plymouth Colony.

In the nineteenth century, the people of Alabama relied on newspapers to learn about the world outside their own hometowns.

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In The Hoggs of Texas: Letters and Memoirs of an Extraordinary Family, 18871906, Virginia Bernhard delves into the unpublished letters of one of Texas's most extraordinarily families and tells their story.

An investigator in the infamous New York murder looks back on the Kitty Genovese case and examines its enduring legacy.

In 1898, St.

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The Battle of Petersburg was the culmination of the Virginia Overland campaign, which pitted the Army of the Potomac, led by Ulysses S.

The Battle of Petersburg was the culmination of the Virginia Overland campaign, which pitted the Army of the Potomac, led by Ulysses S.

The New York Police Department is an iconic symbol of one of the world's most famous cities.

Recruited as sharpshooters and clothed in distinctive uniforms with green trim, the hand-picked regiment of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was renowned and admired far and wide.

Recruited as sharpshooters and clothed in distinctive uniforms with green trim, the hand-picked regiment of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was renowned and admired far and wide.

An American girl of Japanese ancestry is exiled in her own country after Japan attacks Pearl Harbor.

A Delaware Album, 1900-1930 contains over 300 postcard photographs from the entire state taken during the period from 1900 to 1930.

Recapturing the atmosphere of Territorial days, this 1962 extensively annotated edition of a Southwestern classic focuses on southeastern New Mexico, where "e;murder was a common offense"e; and stagecoach robberies were "e;nothing to get excited about.

Lightly falling snow, covering everything in sight with a soft mantle of white, burning luminarias and mellow-light farolitos, the warm adobe architecture, the peace and quiet that settles over the land on Christmas Eve, all tend to strengthen the comparison between Santa Fe and the land where Christ was born.

"e;Winter in Taos"e; starkly contrasts Luhan's memoirs, published in four volumes and inspired by Marcel Proust's "e;Remembrances of Things Past.

A history of the earlier Southern gold rush and its legends that-for the first time-ties it to the well-known California gold rush of 1849.

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An often overlooked segment of Maine (and American) history is the story of women in the working class dance industries.

Cities are constantly changing, constantly under construction, constantly moving forward.

New England is so compact that even casual visitors can sample its diverse history in just a short time.

What is it about islands that make them ideal settings for ghost stories?

Mount Desert Island has attracted scoundrels and scandals for more than 100 years.

The schooner Bowdoin was designed and built in 1921 in Maine under the direction of naval officer and explorer Donald MacMillan.

With its incessant fogs and infamously craggy coast, Maine has long been a bane of mariners.

Celebrate the bicentennial of Maine statehood.

Each year thousands of men and women and families recreate on Maine's Public Reserved Lands.

In 1964 three cousins tapped three thousand sugar maples deep in the Maine woods.

From the moment colonists at Popham launched the first ship constructed in the New World in 1608, Maine has been a shipbuilding powerhouse.

Travel just a few miles beyond Acadia National Park and you will find a little known and seldom visited patchwork of quaint fishing villages, rocky coastlines, wild blueberry fields, and vast stretches of forestland reaching all the way to the Canadian border, a hundred miles away.

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As Down East Books celebrates 50 years of great book publishing, it seems appropriate to reflect uponthe contributions Maine has made that have had significant cultural and historical impacts on both theUnited States and the World.

There used to be a time when marvelous skyrockets could be purchased for a dime and the iceman came around once a week, when throwing a cap on and off took special talent and pants had watch pockets.