| Chelsea Contributor(s): Brown, Gerard W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738536091 ISBN-13: 9780738536095 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2004 Annotation: Using stereoviews and postcards, Chelsea chronicles ninety-five years of the city's glorious past as it emerged from agrarian roots to become an important industrial center and home for thousands of European immigrants. The pages are filled with more than one hundred eighty historic views, documenting Chelsea's history from the postCivil War era to the Vietnam decade. Highlighted are the 1867 Water Celebration, the great fire of 1908, the city's rebirth during Reconstruction, the expansion of the Naval Hospital during World War I (today's Admirals Hill), Prattville, the Soldiers Home, the postWorld War I era, and much more. This volume will excite anyone who is preservation minded and enjoys local history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - New England (ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) |
| Dewey: 974.46 |
| LCCN: 2004103632 |
| Series: Postcard History |
| Physical Information: 0.36" H x 6.64" W x 9.22" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Massachusetts - Locality - Boston-Worcester, Mass. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Using stereoviews and postcards, Chelsea chronicles ninety-five years of the city's glorious past as it emerged from agrarian roots to become an important industrial center and home for thousands of European immigrants. The pages are filled with more than one hundred eighty historic views, documenting Chelsea's history from the post-Civil War era to the Vietnam decade. Highlighted are the 1867 Water Celebration, the great fire of 1908, the city's rebirth during Reconstruction, the expansion of the Naval Hospital during World War I (today's Admirals Hill), Prattville, the Soldiers Home, the post-World War I era, and much more. This volume will excite anyone who is preservation minded and enjoys local history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Brown, Gerard W.: - Gerard W. Brown, an amateur historian and educator, has been collecting postcards and stereoviews for more than twenty-five years. The author's family roots in Chelsea can be traced back to the 1880s. |