| Rochester Leaders and Their Legacies Contributor(s): Shilling, Donovan a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738538353 ISBN-13: 9780738538358 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
| Dewey: 974.789 |
| LCCN: 2005924387 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.9" W x 9.24" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - New York - Locality - Rochester, N.Y. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Rochester owes much to those who made it the exceptional andunique city it has become. Many of the civic, commercial, industrial, and entertainment leaders who brought fame and prosperity to the city are saluted in Rochester Leaders and Their Legacies. A gallery of rare photographs reveals the images of the founders and their legacies: McCurdy s, McFarlin s, Edwards, and Sibley s department stores; important businesses and products; and entertainment venues and memories. Here are glimpses of the nursery industry, Erie Canal, trolley days, downtown nightspots, theater performers, and recollections of unusual events, from fires and floods to the huge Elks Street Fair of 1899." |
Contributor Bio(s): Shilling, Donovan a.: - An authority on local history, Donovan A. Shilling instructs classes at the Gannett School of the Rochester Museum & Science Center, researches and writes historical articles, and leads tours. He is a member of the Rochester Historical Society and the Landmark Society of Western New York and is the historian for the Rochester Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society and the Rochester & Genesee Valley Depot Museum. Along with Rochester Leaders and Their Legacies, he has written four other books published by Arcadia: Rochester s Lakeside Resorts and Amusement Parks, Rochester s Downtown, Rochester: Labor and Leisure, and Rochester s Transportation Heritage. |