ISBN: 9780738557427 - steelton (images of america) (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Images Of America: Pennsylvania; B&W Photographs; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 128 pages; 2008 Arcadia Publishing. Larger trade size paperback in glossy pictorial covers. Tightly bound with clean neat contents. Small localized coffee colored spill stain to the front edge with superficial shallow effect to front edge of the covers and first and last pair of leaves. Illustrated throughout with b&w historical photographs. VG.…

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For much of the 20th century, the name Steelton represented a great industrial complex that stretched nearly four miles along the Susquehanna River near the state's capital of Harrisburg. Immigrants from all over Europe, particularly Slavs and Italians, worked with African Americans from the South at the Bethlehem Steel Company and gave Steelton its reputation for ethnic diversity, second only to its fame for industrial productivity. Catholics, Protestants, and Jews filled the town's various houses of worship, but the taverns on Front Street, across from the mill, were crowded too. The town's powerful athletes were often state champions, beating schools many times larger. The townsmen were all proud as well of their loyal service in U.S. forces in the two world wars. The vintage images in Steelton chronicle the history of this exceptional and diverse community.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorMichael Barton and Simon J. Bronner are professors of American studies at the Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg. The book s images come mainly from the John Yetter Collection of photographs at the Center for .