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Chicagos Worlds Columbian Exposition, popularly called the Chicago Worlds Fair, or the White City, was the largest and most spectacular worlds fair ever built.

The Brooklyn Bridge resounds throughout popular culture as an iconic image.

On January 10, 1901, near Beaumont, Texas, an unremarkable knoll of earth the world would soon call Spindletop shot a geyser of oil a hundred feet into the air, confirming the belief of Pattillo Higgins that black gold lay buried there.

History is more than dates and events.

The borough of Queens has been many thingsa playground for wealthy Manhattanites, a recreation area for pleasure seekers, a highly industrialized pocket of New York City, and one of the most beautiful and residential sections of which the city can boast.

In many ways, Puget Sound looks today as it did in the eighteenth century, when its first explorers probed into the bays and inlets.

From our earliest history, Americans have had an uneasy affection for our outlaws, especially those from the romantic period of the Old West.

Known for its natural beauty, Oregon has a unique and remarkable history.

Oklahoma has an excellent photographic record, largely because the twin territories developed along the same general timeline as modern photography itself.

Its place directly opposite San Francisco Bay from one of the worlds most visited cities has left Oakland to struggle against comparison from the start.

This book, with 200 fascinating images from the past, covers more than a hundred years of New York State history.

One of the thirteen original colonies, the state of New Jersey is a study in contrasts.

In a nation reinventing itself following victory in World War II, Nashvilles self-portrait blended old with new.

Montana is a land known for soaring vistas, towering peaks, and a rich heritage.

Imagine a ride with the Mississippi mockingbird as it soars through the Mississippi skies.

Minnesotas past is defined by its remarkable natural resources, and shaped by its native peoples and early settlers.

The largest island in the continental United States, Long Island comprises Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk counties.

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 along its surrounding shores for centuries.

Positioned in the geographic center of the contiguous 48 states, Kansas has played a vital role in the nations development.

This is the land of Hoosiers.

What began as a fur-trading post grew into the second-largest city in Michigan, a center for industry and the arts.

Unlike the movie ghost towns of the Old West, the ghost towns in Florida dont have tumbleweeds rolling on deserted dirt roads, abandoned wooden saloons, and lone drifters on horseback.

When Ernest Hemingway won the 1954 Nobel Prize for Literature, presenters called him one of this epochs great molders of style, praising his vivid dialogue and journalistic eye for robust details to accumulate and take on momentous significance.

In 1950 Detroit was the fifth most populous city in the United States with 1.

In the decades after World War II, the Mile High City traded its cowtown image for the glitter of skyscrapers, big-league sports teams, Interstate highways, and urbanity.

Colorado Springs has always held a special fascination for visitors.

Nestled in a valley beside the Tennessee River and surrounded by the southern Appalachian mountains, Chattanooga is truly Tennessees most scenic city.

Between 1950 and 1979, Birmingham, Alabama, experienced some of the most dramatic growth and change in its history.

World War II was a conflict that split a majority of the world's nations into two opposing sides, the Allies and the Axis.

From Mount Vernon to Georgetown, The White House to the monuments,Historic Photos of Washington, D.

More than 250 years passed from the founding of the first English colony in the New World at Jamestown in Virginia until the beginning of the American Civil War, and nearly a century and a half more has passed since the Civil War ended.

The images in this book,Historic Photos of University of Michigan Football,depict 100 years of gridiron action and the players and coaches who competed on three historic fields.

The name Tucson originates from a Spanish word meaning Black Base, a reference to the mostly volcanic mountains on the west side of the city.

From a city that boasts itself as the Crossroads of America, has the nation's third largest rail hub, 15th busiest air cargo hub, and one of the busiest ports in the Great Lakes, Historic Photos of Toledo is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives.

The Battle of Petersburg began as an unsuccessful Union assault against the city of Petersburg, Virginia, June 9, 1864, during the American Civil War.

Called The Mother Church of Country Music, the Ryman Auditorium saw a historic chapter come to a close in 1974 when it closed its doors on 5th Avenue to move into new quarters at Opryland USA.

The history of law enforcement in the Lone Star State goes back well before photography, dating to Texass days as part of the Spanish empire.

Historic Photos of Tampa follows the evolving culture of the Cigar Capital of the World through one of the finest archives in the city, Burgert Brothers archive from the Tampa Hillsborough County Public Library.

From the old capitol to the new capitol, the Battle of Natural Bridge to the battles at Doak Campbell Stadium,Historic Photos of Tallahasseeis a photographic history collected from the area's top archives.

From Old Town to the Union Station, Historic Photos of Tacoma is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives.

Founded in the late nineteenth century as a railroad town, St.

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

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By the late nineteenth century, the city of Seattle was a vibrant cultural center of the West.

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, intellectual, and cultural movements of the time.

San Antonio was named for the Portuguese Saint Anthony of Padua when a Spanish expedition stopped in the area in 1691.

The popularity of great Americans frequently simmers before it boils, but the nations 40th President heard the kettle whistling from early in his administration.

From White Hots to the Garbage Plate, Wegman's to Bill Gray's, Historic Photos of Rochester is a photographic history collected from the areas top archives.

From the home of the City of Oaks in Raleigh and the state's capitol, to the Bull City in Durham,Historic Photos of Raleigh-Durhamis a photographic history collected from the area's top archives.